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Chapter 1 of 5 · Meet the idea

Give your eyes a repeatable route.

Train your eyes to notice attacks, loose pieces and busy defenders before choosing a move.

Board vision means noticing what is attacked, defended or newly opened. Scan the kings first, then loose pieces, then ranks, files and diagonals. Add knight jumps and pawn diagonals separately; they are easy to miss in a line-piece scan.