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sccadams
17-Oct-11, 21:56

Suggestion for chess tactics
First of all, I love them. But I want to make a wish.

When I solve (or more likely fail to solve) a tactical exercise, I can review the solution, which gives the best possible continuation for my side, as well as the next best possible continuation. However, since I'm not that great a player, I sometimes have trouble understanding why the moves made by the computer side are the best possible. I was wondering if the next best possible move for the opposing (computer) side could also be displayed. A lot of times it's hard to determine why a move forces a queen (or other piece) sacrifice. I think this might make the exercises even more educational.
shamash
18-Oct-11, 01:26

looking at the opponent's options
sounds like a good way to build skills in calculating lines.
Gameknot.com
18-Oct-11, 08:41

"Play vs Computer" is very useful for reviewing other possible continuations (one of the reasons why we implemented it for Chess Tactics) — simply click "Undo last move" and then make a different move, that makes more sense to you, and the computer will automatically make the best move for you, and then you can click "Suggest best move" a number of times until it becomes clear why making the first move was a mistake.  
sccadams
18-Oct-11, 15:21

Very cool.
I didn't know it had that feature. I'll be sure to check it out.