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| May-04-05 | | Halldor: <Elrathia Kingi: .......what else is a good one for tactics?> I want to mention my favourite book for tactics, but I'm afraid it is probably difficult to get - I found it in Bragi's Second Hand Book Shop here in town many years ago, where I have bought many chess books. The book is: "WINNING CHESS - How to perfect your attacking play" by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld, Faber and Faber, London. No year is given, but the prologue is dated Dec. 10, 1947. The book has the old chess writing, but that is not a problem because most solutions are only two moves. There is a diagram on the left page and a text with some hints, then there is another diagram on the right page showing the answer. This is for the average club player. No chessboard is needed, so this book is my favorite on travel. The teaching method of the book is excellent: the exercises are rather easy, and also many together very similar - to get up the speed. This reminds me of the training technique for musical instruments. Doing many similar exercises in a row makes the basic patterns for combinations permanent in the mind so they pop up when needed. This training works instantly in your next chessgame! Does anybody know if this book has been reprinted (this title has often been used for different books)? if it hasn't it should be, and these exercises should in fact be in a software or on the internet. I would like to see more books written as this one! |
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| May-04-05 | | donhart: <"Winning Chess"> does appear to be out of print. Fortunately, anything out of print can usually be found at bookfinder.com. <Elrathia Kingi> There's a tactics software program called CT-Art 3.0 that has taught me more about the subject than the many puzzle books I've struggled with. The beauty of CT-Art 3.0 is that it offers you progressively stronger hints and lessons, depending on the level of difficulty you are experiencing in the search for a solution to each puzzle. In short, it is interactive. I would recommend persevering with Silman. Not every position calls for tactics. When strategy is required, Silman's da' man! |
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| May-04-05 | | cjhasbrouck: Can't believe I missed this one. :( |
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| May-04-05 | | kevin86: A brilliant and unexpected final move! I remember a similar move in a game by two Russians-where after the rook move,white couldn't take the queen on a threat of mate-so more monoevering was necessary. |
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| May-04-05 | | Marco65: <Elrathia Kingi> I'm going through "303 Tricky Chess Tactics" for the second time, and I think it's excellent, except for a few errors. It's a collection of problems on several themes. I also have "303 Tricky Chessmates" from the same authors, but I don't like it. I needed a book to read while commuting to work, and this is the sort of book doesn't require to bring a board with you. For the same reason, CT-Art wouldn't be good for me. Reading Silman, as donhart suggests, can't hurt, but in my opinion it's a matter of priority, otherwise why not also studying endgames, and openings, and etc. etc. It all depends on your level. I should find a Novice Nook article by Dan Heisman that tells a lot about beginners reading Silman and feeling they improved a lot, and are surprised their ELO doesn't reflect that! |
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| May-04-05 | | Rama: What got to me, finally, was Averbakh's "Chess Tactics". His theme is the double-attack -- every successful tactic involves the double-attack in some way, even K+p endings where the K might be "attacking" a particular square. Here Rf8! is a double-attack on the K and Q, with the added filip of the N-fork which is itself a double-attack. |
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| May-04-05 | | Marco65: <303 Tricky Chessmates> I meant Checkmates of course :) |
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| May-04-05 | | kugely: When one tells me: "White or black moves and win", it is usually a matter of time till you eventually find a way to do it. The big question is how one can tell the exact timing to make the spectacular move. How one can determine whether the next move should aim to continue "developing gradually his army" and not the time to make the big move - to risk, to viciously attack in order to win, and devastate the opponent? |
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May-04-05
 | | WannaBe: <<kugely> The big question is how..> By then one are probably such a good/great player (FM? IM? GM?) that you won't/don't want to tell anyone the answer! 8-) B. Fischer: Yeah, I'll tell you for 10 bucks!
V. Anand: No, I'll do it for 5!
V. Kramnik: I'll do it for FREE!!
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| May-04-05 | | riqhi: nice, but too easy :) |
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| May-04-05 | | aw1988: I got Bd4, but did not expect Rf8+!, which now is quite obvious, but not while I was solving the puzzle! |
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May-04-05
 | | OhioChessFan: I really enjoy the sharing of thought processes. It's admirable some are humble enough to admit they didn't get it. And educational when they explain WHY they didn't get it. Great stuff here. As for me, I tried B-d4 for a while and gave up. When I saw the answer, it was deflating how easy the solution was. |
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| May-04-05 | | Backward Development: I got it! I've been looking at Alburt's tactics book and the methods in it are very good. "Every combination has a goal." The fairly straightfoward statement had a big effect on my thinking with regard to puzzles and studies. Don't look for a line, look for a goal! Deflect the black rook or decoy the black king onto a fatal square. Good puzzle. |
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| May-04-05 | | mellow: MmmmWah Ha ha ha ha.......
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| May-04-05 | | hintza: That wasn't very mellow :-) |
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| May-04-05 | | Rank Amateur: I solved a Wed puzzle, which maybe means it was easy, but I worked at if for a while, so it was fun and rewarding. |
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| May-05-05 | | patzer2: Today's puzzle solution 18. Rf8+! is a decisive double attack. If 18...Rxf8, then the Black Queen falls (i.e. removing the guard). If 18...Kxf8, then the Knight Fork 19. Qxd7+! wins decisive material. |
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| May-05-05 | | mellow: Just so there are no misunderstandings that was my attempt at a 'villainous' laugh (as discussed earlier... :) |
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| May-05-05 | | hintza: Gwahahahahahaha |
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| May-08-05 | | Saruman: What made this a rather easy puzzle for me, was that I spotted a familiar pattern with c5-d7-e5-f8, and therefore solved it instantly. Patternrecogintion in particular seems to be one of my strenghts as I can often very quickly recall some pattern I have seen long ago. Now as I often play blitz or bullet, I have realized and increased that ability considerably; which I think most people could do if they spent some time with it. Personally I think the the very key to chess success is pattern recognition, or "just" to be able to see the lines of force. It seems as if though few chessplayers accentuate that enough. I think it would benefit greatly for some people to spend more time studying the relationships between the pieces for awhile; before making any caluclations whatsoever. Especially those who tend to "get stuck" on these types of problems. |
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| May-10-05 | | patzer2: On second thought, this is a simple deflection combination, forcing either a decisive knight fork or the loss of the Queen (removing the guard). |
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| Aug-28-05 | | THE pawn: Cool names here. |
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| Aug-15-07 | | rozumim: Vili vili good game. |
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| Aug-15-07 | | contra: Wily last move. |
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| Aug-21-11 | | Rob Morrison: Pretty conclusion but I would suggest that the previous move, 17. Nc5, was actually a positional mistake. White's best chance for a positional edge, in controlling key dark squares, lies is keeping the N rather than the B. Best for white would have been 17. Bc5!--which maintains the same cute tactical defence of the e-pawn. After 17. Nc5 Bxc5! 18. Bxc5 Qg5 threatens 19. . . Bf5. If that bishop gets to e4 black could even end up with a slight tactical initiative. Yes, it is annoying that black cannot oppose on the f-file, but there's no reason to think that that should be decisive. |
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