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

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In 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners, IM Thomas Willemze does two things at once. He explains all the basic concepts, and provides you with a huge amount of exercises for each theme and each chess piece. Willemze uses all his experience as a coach, and his familiarity with the famous Step Method, to carefully build up your chess knowledge step-by-step. He shows you the strength of all pieces, from the lonely pawn to the almighty queen. And he guides you from the basics to more complex tactics in a highly instructive puzzle rush. There is also the liquidation sacrifices, where the objective is to simplify to a theoretically drawn endgame position.

Try to find out what your opponent needs to do to win, and try to pose as many problems for him as possible. th6+ 'tt>g8 4. :!::\e 8# In the following positions the decoy As always, in the following two exam­ The best place to start your tactics training is in the endgame! Chess is 99% tactics – and if you want to win more games, nothing works better than training tactics. Win a piece or find a mate. That will get you results.Practical Chess Exercises : 600 lessons for tactics to strategy by Ray Cheng. Ok this one seems a little different from the others. It seems that he mixes in strategic problems. Here, the themes are blended together. The Giant Chess Puzzle Book by Xenon Franco. Another big boy with 1001 puzzles. This one seems to explain briefly some tactical themes (like Susan Polgar's book) and organises each chapter by themes. Not tactical themes, but less leading themes like "defense and counter" or "endgames" and are gradually more difficult. This is not an uncommon occurrence for beginning players. Fortunately, there are a few simple techniques and methods you can learn which will help you turn those winning positions into actual wins! Think safety first. Often, winning material involves giving your opponent some other type of compensation, such as room for his or her remaining pieces. Make sure your pieces (especially your king) are safe. Learning openings helps you conserve your energy for the middlegame and endgame. Setting up a playable position in the early stages of the game will give you a fighting chance later in the game. Without a clear opening plan, you will spend much of your middlegame fixing the problems you created in the opening.

These are positions where you have a large advantage over your opponent. Most of these have specific methods to win that don’t require you to calculate. Here are a few you should learn.

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Thomas Willemze is an International Master from the Netherlands. He is an experienced trainer of amateur players of all levels and has been the National Youth Coach of the Dutch Chess Federation. New In Chess has published his books The Chess Toolbox and The Scandinavian for Club Players, both of which very well received by reviewers and customers alike. So here's the deal. In my research and curiosity, i was looking for different books on different themes as the openings (i'll post a similar thread around New Year's Eve), fundamental books for (not complete) beginners and so on. As you've read, this thread will be about Tactics. You will get a lot of practice in this as your opponents will make many mistakes for you to exploit. Here are a few ideas to help you practice converting your won games. Coordinate your pieces. In winning a piece through a tactic, sometimes our pieces need to be redeployed to work together again. Even when there are still pieces in play, the rule of the square may create surprises, as with the following game,