Attacking motifs

Quiet move

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No check, no capture, and yet the strongest move: a threat the opponent cannot meet.

The quiet move is served in the gym at every level and named in your scan when you miss one. Its journey, a lesson, a drill and a test, is being written.

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Black to play.
Black to play.
Black to play.

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