In life, many people can only think 1 step ahead.  This is why all kids should be taught chess.  (Even though no one "uses" it for a "job")  But chess teaches more than just planning & looking ahead.  It teaches how to think critically, in all areas. It teaches discipline, accountability, patience, etc.

www.chesstactics.org is the best tactics site for learning basic tactics. It explains everything in words, not variations. I love reading about basic tactics. It's the precursor to analysis, and accurate analysis is a tool of the master.

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Duchamp observed "It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.  The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem... I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." -- Marcel Duchamp (1930s)

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Can you see the best move? Test your skills here!

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