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Mentally visualizing possible chess positions while calculating accurately is an essential skill for chess players to possess. Since, the ultimate goal in chess is to checkmate, it therefore makes sense to incorporate checkmating puzzles into chess visualization training. A good training puzzle for this purpose should challenge the solver’s ability to properly visualize the squares his/her pieces are controlling. Today’s mate in 3 puzzle by Владимир Акимович Брон makes a good chess visualization test because the chessboard is so sparsely populated, the target king is located in the center and the solution involves forcing moves.
