Beginner Chess Study

Beginning chess players should study tactics more than any other aspect of chess.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown323"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/5p2/6p1/5k1p/5P2/6PP/1r4R1/7K b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rxg2 2. Kxg2 Ke4 3. Kf2 h4 4. Kg2 Ke3 ( { Also winning is: } 4... f6 5. Kf2 f5 6. Kg2 Ke3 7. gxh4 Kxf4 8. Kf2 Ke4 9. Ke2 f4 10. Kf2 f3 11. Ke1 Ke3 12. Kf1 Ke4 13. Ke1 Kf5 14. Kf1 Ke5 15. Ke1 Ke4 16. Kf1 Ke3 17. Ke1 f2+ 18. Kf1 Kf3 19. h5 gxh5 20. h4 Kg3 21. Ke2 Kg2 22. Ke3 f1=Q { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } ) 5. f5 g5 6. gxh4 gxh4 7. f6 Ke2 8. Kg1 Kf3 9. Kh2 Kf2 10. Kh1 Kg3 11. Kg1 Kxh3 12. Kf2 Kg4 13. Kg2 Kf5 14. Kh3 Kg5 15. Kg2 Kxf6 16. Kh3 Kg5 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1