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Every chess player will sooner or later get into a grappling match with a tactics book. But which book is the best? While there is no clear ...

In my previous review I mentioned how I would like to see an improved version of The Improving Chess Thinker , and that a book had recently ...

Where should you turn for tactics training? This is a frequently occuring question, not only from beginners, but also from intermediate play...

“I had a fantastic position, but I couldn’t figure out what to do next!” Sound familiar? If so, then Fred Wilson’s Simple Attacking Plans w...

Visualization is perhaps the most important skill of a chess player. It is often said that it the ability to play through moves in your head...

Chess is 99% tactics. At least, that’s what some people say. Whether that is correct or not does not really matter, because either way you s...

Are you impressed by people who can play chess without seeing the board? For the uninitiated, this is a very impressive display of skill. Bu...

Chess can be brutal. It seems that at any given moment your position can go from playable (or even winning) to completely lost. I am sure it...

Kamis, 03 Oktober 2019 Beginner Book review Tactics

Chess is 99% tactics. This is a truism that is often repeated. I don't know if it's correct, or if it even makes sense to discuss th...

You should not judge a book by its cover. I don’t think this has ever been more true about a chess book than in this case. Lev Alburt’s Che...

I am fairly good at tactics. At least for my level. Of all the various ratings I have, my tactics rating is the highest by far. It has been ...

Have you ever missed a tactic in your games? Of course you have. We all have. Wouldn't it be good if someone wrote a book that could hel...

This book came to my attention when reading Dan Heisman's book A Guide to Chess Improvement . Heisman recommends the "improvers...