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[[FILE:Ouch-boxing-footwork.jpg|border|right|thumb|200px|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striking_combination| Striking combination <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81ne%CA%BBohe_Bay Kāneʻohe Bay's] Fighters Unlimited Boxing Team member Matthew Miller takes a hard hit from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palolo,_Hawaii Palolo] Boxing Club's Aaron Floyd. Miller was K-Bay's champion fighter Saturday during the boxing tournament held at Kahuna's Ballroom, by Megan L. Stiner, November 05, 2004, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striking_combination Striking combination from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]

A '''Combination''' is a sequence of [[Moves|moves]] which uses tactical means and exploits specific peculiarities of the [[Chess Position|position]] to achieve a certain goal <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Golombek Harry Golombek] ('''1977'''). ''Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess''. Crown Publishing, ISBN 0-517-53146-1, [http://www.amazon.com/Golombeks-Encyclopedia-Chess-Harry-Golombek/dp/0517531461 amazon.com]</ref> . Combinatorial motives may include tactics like [[Pin|pins]], [[Discovered Check|discovered checks]] and [[Discovered Attack|attacks]], [[Double Attack|double attacks]], [[Knight Pattern#KnightForks|forks]] and so on. It often starts with a [[Sacrifice|sacrifice]] or [[Decoying|decoy]], and leaves the opponent very few forced options to reply.

The [[Search|search]] routine of a chess program may take some [[Ply|plies]] to recognize an initial sacrifice pays off, to distinguish it from a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunder_%28chess%29 blunder]. [[Extensions]] are designed to recognize successful combinations earlier, often triggered by forced and often [[Singular Extensions|singular]] replies from the defending side. A so called ''Petite combination'' involves only a few moves <ref>[http://www.chess-poster.com/english/glossary.htm Chess Glossary - chess-poster.com]</ref> <ref>[http://www.chess-theory.com/enva04p_glossary_chess_theory.php Chess Theory, Glossary P] © [http://www.chess-theory.com/ Chess-Theory.com] 2004-2009</ref> .

=See also=
* [[Danny Kopec#HowTo|Danny Kopec - How to ... Video]]
* [[Decoying]]
* [[Deflection]]
* [[KnockOut]]
* [[Sacrifice]]
* [[Zwischenzug]]

=Publications=
* [[Jacques Pitrat]] ('''1976'''). ''Realization of a Program Learning to Find Combinations at Chess.'' Computer Oriented Learning Processes (ed. J. Simon). Noordhoff, Groningen, The Netherlands.
* [[Jacques Pitrat]] ('''1979'''). ''A Program which Uses Plans for Finding Combinations in Chess''. [[ICGA Journal#2_2|ICCA Newsletter, Vol. 2 No. 2]]
* [[Jacques Pitrat]] ('''1980'''). ''The Behaviour of a Chess Combination Program using Plans.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 2]]
* [[Kevin Coplan]] ('''1982'''). ''A Special-Purpose Machine for an Improved Search Algorithm for Deep Chess Combinations''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Azlan Iqbal]] ('''2010'''). ''Aesthetics in Mate-In-3 Combinations'', Part I Combinatorics and Weights. [[ICGA Journal#33_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 33, No. 3]]
* [[Azlan Iqbal]] ('''2010'''). ''Aesthetics in Mate-In-3 Combinations'', Part II Normality. [[ICGA Journal#33_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4]]

=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=26054 What is a combination? Define it please!] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], September 06, 1998

=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combination_%28chess%29 Combination (chess) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combination_%28disambiguation%29 Combination (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combo_%28disambiguation%29 Combo from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.mark-weeks.com/aboutcom/aa02k02.htm Improve Your Middle Game (Part 2 - Combinations)] by [[Mark Weeks]]
* The [[:Category:Chris Hinze|Chris Hinze]] [https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/474199-The-Chris-Hinze-Combination Combination] - Skyrider, from [https://www.discogs.com/de/The-Chris-Hinze-Combination-Sister-Slick/release/1704215 Sister Slick] (1974), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: feat. [[Videos#JohnLee|John Lee]], [[:Category:Gerry Brown|Gerry Brown]], [[:Category:Philip Catherine|Philip Catherine]], [[:Category:Jasper van 't Hof|Jasper van 't Hof]], [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_van_den_Broeck Rob Van Den Broeck], [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Huydts Jan Huydts], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jan_Stips Robert Jan Stips], [https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/552925-Henny-Vonk Henny Vonk]
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=References=
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