The board that refuses to help you (opens in new tab)

There is a famous photograph of Mikhail Tal hunched over the board during a tournament game, eyes burning into the pieces. Somewhere behind that stare, an entire mating attack is unfolding. Every chess generation, from Morphy to Magnus, has been defined by one skill: extraordinary calculation. The pieces move on the board - but the game is won and lost in what you can visualize. Let us show you how Fritz 21 trains the one skill every great chess player has lived or died by.