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Part of the Playing Real Games section of Coddy's Chess journey. Lesson 39 of 40.
Every game you lose has a turning point: one move after which the game was gone. Finding it is how a loss becomes a lesson. Here is a game Black lost in thirteen moves - the one you won in chapter three - reviewed from the losing chair. Where did it turn, and which habit would have caught it?
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Position 1 of 6
WatchThe last five moves of the game. Watch for the turn.
The starting position.
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1Think Before You Move
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