Author: Paul Richards
Date: 09:57:13 07/21/99
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On July 21, 1999 at 00:52:20, Jerry Creed wrote: >Would appreciate comments as to the value of these books for studying >tactics and additional suggestions. > >"One Thousand and One Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations" > Reinfeld, Fred Reinfeld; > >World Champion Tactics" > Leonid Shamkovich, Eric Schiller > > "The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes : And How to Avoid Them!" > Larry Evans, > > "303 Tricky Chess Tactics" > Fred Wilson > > "Chess Combinations: The Improving Player's Puzzle Book" > John Walker; > > "Sharpen Your Tactics" > Anatoly Lein, > > "Combination Challenge" > Lou Hays, John Hall > > "Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors" > Lou Hays; Paperback; > > "Winning Chess : Tactics & Strategies" > Ted Nottingham, > > "Winning Chess Tactics (Road to Chess Mastery)" > Bill Robertie; > > "303 Tricky Checkmates" > Fred Wilson, Bruce Alberston > > "Attacking the King" > John N. Walker; > > "In the World of Tactics" > Anatoly Lein I have Combination Challenge, and use it for practice. (I've heard it's just an algebraic version of an older, cheaper book, but IMO the algebraic notation is well worth it). The caveat with such books is that the solutions are sometime questionable or just plain wrong, so you often have to check them with a computer. What would be nice is to just have the positions all in electronic format so you could rattle through them with a chess program. In terms of training though, I think it can only help your brain to get better at tactics. Over months of doing problems I would imagine some adaptive response would have to occur in the grey matter. :) Regarding CT-Art, I downloaded the demo and was not too impressed with that. It seemed a bit buggy, and while I was flattered at the test assessment that I'm at grandmaster tactical strength, I regret to say that that is not the case. ;)
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