Fritz 14: Chessbase Power Play Tutorial v1 by Daniel King - Mating Patterns

Overview

Fritz 14: Chessbase Power Play Tutorial v1 by Daniel King - Mating Patterns is a Steam DLC connected to Fritz Chess 14. It was prepared by ChessBase, published by Viva Media, and released on Aug 25, 2016. This page focuses on the store listing, screenshots, price, requirements, and its relationship to the main game rather than presenting it as a normal live-player game.

Store reviews and relationship

Fritz 14: Chessbase Power Play Tutorial v1 by Daniel King - Mating Patterns is a DLC, so player-count observations and tracked peak are not meaningful in the same way they are for a base game. The useful signals here are reviews, store recommendations, price, platform support, and the link back to Fritz Chess 14.

Language and system requirements

Fritz 14: Chessbase Power Play Tutorial v1 by Daniel King - Mating Patterns is available in 1 languages including:

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Recommendations and store value

Fritz 14: Chessbase Power Play Tutorial v1 by Daniel King - Mating Patterns has recommendation data pending. Twitch streaming and unit-sales estimates usually belong on the parent game page, while this page is better for checking the DLC, price, media, and store details.

Fritz 14: Chessbase Power Play Tutorial v1 by Daniel King - Mating Patterns overview details

Fritz 14: Chessbase Power Play Tutorial v1 by Daniel King - Mating Patterns is tracked as Steam Store content with pricing, reviews, packages, media, requirements, and its relationship to the parent app.

Steam Store description

Anyone can see a checkmate when it is on the board, but can you recognize the early outlines of mating patterns in a normal game? It is a vital skill that you can train systematically with Grand Master Daniel King's Powerplay Tutorial Volume 1: Mating Patterns. Recognizing the early outlines of mating patterns is a vital skill, not just for an attacker, but for a defender too: surviving wave after wave of threats can be discouraging for your opponent. Very often we see these checkmates when they are put before our eyes: on a puzzle page in a chess magazine, for example. But then we must ask ourselves, why do these kind of mating combinations occur time and again in games – at all levels? In an actual game, when we are distracted by other factors – positional, strategic, tactical and psychological, not to mention our old friend time pressure – it is all too easy to miss the mating combinations. No one stands behind us whispering ‘Stop! It is mate in 3' (unless you are cheating and someone has flicked on Fritz). Moreover, these critical moments often occur late in the game – generally near the time control. Therefore it is vital that we are able to recognize these patterns – quickly! There is no excuse: now is the time to revise and rehearse those mating patterns. Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years. During that time he has represented his country on many occasions, including an historic match victory over the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, 1990. At the same time he has distinguished himself as a coach, helping many of England‘s yo…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Fritz 14: Chessbase Power Play Tutorial v1 by Daniel King - Mating Patterns is listed as a DLC with $29.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Downloadable Content, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual and Strategy. Because it is a DLC, SteamPulse focuses on its Store listing, relationship to the parent app, media, packages, and metadata rather than treating it like a standalone concurrency page.

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