One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown90"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "5rk1/1q3pnp/3p2nQ/4pBP1/1Pp1P3/1rP1B3/2R4P/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ A classic pawn storm tactic. } 1. h4 Nxf5 { Black cannot wait for h5. } 2. exf5 Nf4 3. Rxf4 { Keeping black's queen off e4. } 3... Rb1+ 4. Bc1 f6 ( { There is not
time to recapture. } 4... exf4 5. f6 { White will checkmate black with Qg7. } ) 5. Rg4 Qg7 6. Qh5 Kh8 7. gxf6 Qxf6 8. Kh2 Qxf5 9. Qxf5 Rxf5 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } 1-0