1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook that Explains the Basic Concepts, Too

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This book starts with hundreds of essential mating positions that train immediate visual recognition; first there are the easier mate in one or two move exercises; then there are exercises for various crucial tactical motifs that must be mastered by any aspiring chess player; these are followed by more demanding positions where these various motifs are often combined. I'm 1700 on Lichess Rapid right now, and I joined a club recently, I don't have a rating at the moment, but they've paired me against 1500 rated USCF players who I've been at least equally matched against. of the thickness of Nunn's 1001 Deadly Checkmates, for example), which it achieves by cramming 12 diagrams onto each page, and is conveniently portable.

However, checkmate is much easier to achieve when we have an advantage in material, namely more pieces. The King can't capture it as it's protected by the pawn on f4, the King has no available square to move too so it's checkmate. Remember, these puzzles were carefully chosen and/or created by humans that know what they're doing. Then I thought, starting over, what if just Qc2 immediately threatening mate, but then I realized after Nxg4 Rxg4, that there's no longer any threats.The book is a bit confussing since it stars with excercises like mate in one ,mate, in two, the missing piece and only then come the chapters about double attack, pin, decoy sacrifice etc. clearance) a tactic that re­ sults in the opening of a fi le, rank or diagonal, with short term tactical consequences for the opponent pin the movement of a piece is impossible or restricted as it is on the same line of attack as the king or a more valuable piece removing the defender ( a .

Well, one of the many great advised a received on this forum was one written on this forum and stated this: " You might consider just reading the first 15 [puzzles] of each chapter, then quickly do them again, the same day. Plusieurs variantes très pertinentes pour presque chaque diagramme, donc très bien pour s'entraîner à calculer ! It is here that we explain the ideas behind crucial tactical motifs such as double attack, the pin and skewer, as well as pawn promotion, drawing techniques, etc. This well-known maxim may sound strange but is really just an exaggerated basic truth: if you want to win more games, nothing works better than training combinations.The puzzles are generally well-selected, and seem to reinforce common and useful motifs and provide a good amount of variation within them. It just seems strange to me that there's some problems with relatively forcing lines or obvious motifs that I could figure out within a few minutes, and there's others with very quiet moves or sacs that require deep (for me) calculation right next to each other, especially since the problems are supposed to be sorted according to difficulty. I'll post a few books that I've collected on my wish list that seem to be advised at least once on this site. But it seemed appropriate to me to but them together since they're from the same author and about their tactical content seem to complete each other.

Since most of the pieces have left the board, endgame tactics have the clarity that enables you to grasp all basics concepts quickly and comprehensively. The only (minor) fault I can really attribute was the lack of presence of a few tactics, namely desperado and interference. The book starts with some fairly simple mate-in-one and mate-in-two puzzles (186 in total), which serves as a neat introduction to mating motifs in addition to the later chapters that focus more on the winning of material. Chess Exercises for Beginners is exactly what the title suggests: a compendium of instructive chess positions (often studies or positions from actual games) that illustrate important tactical motifs and combinations for new and lower-rated players, ranging from common checkmate patterns, double attacks, skewers, deflections, and drawing opportunities.Do you think that is smarter than, for instance, working through one book on tactics, then one on strategy, then one on endgames, then one game collection etc. blow that secures a draw by perpetual check or stalemate is just as rewarding as a brilliant checkmate. Chess Exercises for Beginners is a very good first puzzle book, and people well past the proper use of the term "beginner" can get some serious use out of it.