Beginning chess players should study tactics more than any other aspect of chess.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "USSR"] [Date "1973.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opocensky"] [Black "Kolpakov"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "1k1n3r/1pp5/p4p2/3p1qp1/PP1P4/2P2NPp/4QP1P/4R2K b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1... Re8 2. Qd1 Qxf3+ 3. Qxf3 Rxe1# 0-1