Beginning chess players should study tactics more than any other aspect of chess.
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[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Anish Gin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "2k5/1r5R/p7/4Ppp1/3K4/5P2/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. Rxb7 Kxb7 2. f4 g4 ( { Black can try: } 2... gxf4 3. h4 Kc7 4. h5 f3 5. Ke3 a5 6. h6 a4 7. h7 a3 8. h8=Q { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. e6 Kc7 4. Ke5 Kd8 5. Kxf5 Ke7 6. Ke5 a5 7. f5 a4 8. f6+ Ke8 9. Kd6 a3 10. f7+ Kf8 11. Kd7 a2 12. e7+ Kxf7 13. e8=Q+ { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0