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In blitz chess be particularly wary of vulnerability to the "back-rank checkmate."
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Each move it is useful to quickly ask yourself:  how many moves am I away from checkmating the other side, or being checkmated?  In [[blitz chess]] where surprise checkmates can happen often, this is a useful part of one's algorithm.  It is easy to overlook in blitz chess the opportunities for checkmating the other side while the other side attacks.
 
Each move it is useful to quickly ask yourself:  how many moves am I away from checkmating the other side, or being checkmated?  In [[blitz chess]] where surprise checkmates can happen often, this is a useful part of one's algorithm.  It is easy to overlook in blitz chess the opportunities for checkmating the other side while the other side attacks.
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Know the basic patterns for checkmate.  In blitz chess be particularly wary of vulnerability to the "back-rank checkmate."<ref>https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/basic-checkmates-to-know-611597</ref>  A variation on that checkmate is when an opponent's knight controls spaces on the row adjacent to the back rank and thus enables checkmate just as blocking pawns would.
 
== Minimizing blunders ==
 
== Minimizing blunders ==
  
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