The queen is guarding that square and will capture. See anything good? You could check by Ng5 but there is a problem with that. What moves can white make in this new position where black one's king is on the f7 square? Name several possible moves, and look for one that checks because you always want to look at all checks and captures first. Hold the image in your mind as clearly as you can. See in your mind the new position after these two moves have been made. Visualize the king capturing the piece on f7.How many are there? That's right, there are three: The king can capture the bishop on f7, or he can move to where the queen used to be, on d8, or he can move forward one square to e7. While visualizing the piece there, ask "what are all of black one's options for getting out of check?".Visualize what the board is going to look like after you play Bxf7.Don't touch the pieces - do this in your mind.
#HOW TO IMPROVE CHESS TACTICS HOW TO#
There is more to explain about how to notate a chess game, but for now, just follow the directions to get to a certain position where the visual exercise will begin.Castling is written 0-0 for king side castling and 0-0-0 for queen side. Each piece starts with the first letter of its name, except for the knight, which starts with a capital "N." If it is a pawn, then just write the name of the square it moves to with no capital letter.If two different pieces that start with the same letter can move to the same square, then include the square the piece originated from. To represent a move, start with the first letter of the piece, capitalized, then write the square you moved it to.There will be numbers going up the sides from "1" to "8." Across the bottom will be the letters from "a" to "h." the letters will not be capitalized.Be sure to use a set that has algebraic notation on it: Algebraic notation is a way for you to read the moves and then play them on the board for each side so you can follow a game and study what each side has played, and analyze the moves.