The material is not organized by the tactical idea in the positions, but purely by difficulty, which makes things even more realistic. Hungarian Grandmaster Balogh Csaba ha6s put both time and effort to come up with a total of 866 chess puzzles, exclusively FROM RECENT GRANDMASTER GAMES. There is nothing too revolutionary too say about this two books. GREATEST 365 CHESS PUZZLES AND GREATEST 501 CHESS PUZZLES – CSABA BALOGH Therefore, this book is definitely NOT RECOMMENDED for BEGINNERS.īut for someone rated 2000+ (or 2200+ for that matter) it is an EXCELLENT CHOICE.Ĥ. I have to be fair and say that I haven’t been able to solve EVERY OF THE 300 puzzles available correctly. Since there is no GUARDIAN ANGEL in your own games telling you there is a winning move available, I think this approach is excellent. Instead, he lets the reader guess whether there is a combination available in the position, or the most tempting move doesn’t actually work. What I like very much about this book is the fact that Nunn doesn’t simply put a puzzle with the words “ XY to play and win.” So it is fair to assume that he probably knows a thing or two about chess tactics. If you are unfamiliar with the name of John Nunn, he is currently the world champion in CHESS PROBLEM SOLVING. JOHN NUNN’S CHESS PUZZLE BOOK – JOHN NUNN The only drawback is the fact that the book uses the older, DESCRIPTIVE, instead of the modern ALGEBRAIC notation.īut I think it is only a minor setback, and it would be shame to miss Tal’s witty style only because of a couple of letters. The things that makes this book DIFFERENT from other books of this genre is the fact that the authors focus on PIECES instead of TACTICAL ELEMENTS. Every chapter covers different piece combinations and I haven’t seen similar approach in many other chess books.
#CHESS TACTICS BOOKS PDF SERIES#
Initially there is a learning chapter devoted to a certain tactical subject, and afterwards it is followed by a series of tactical puzzles. When it comes to tactics, the name of Mikhail Tal suggests itself. TAL’S WINNING CHESS COMBINATIONS – Mikhail Tal and Victor KhenkinĪnother book highly suited for BEGINNERS, but not only beginners. The puzzles are organized into several sections, starting with the ELEMENTARY PUZZLES and are getting progressively harder towards the end of the book.Īlthough expert players may extricate little from this book, it is ideal choice for BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE players.Ģ. In this instance, he has assembled a total of 1001 chess tactical puzzles. John Emms is a very famous chess author, famous for his MOVE BY MOVE opening books series. Therefore, in order to help the reader who perhaps doesn’t have an idea where to start, I’ve decided to publish a LIST of what I believe are some of the best chess tactics books. I like reading chess books in general, and proudly own multiple chess tactical books. Naturally, everything written above is merely my own personal opinion. Therefore, although internet is always VERY USEFUL tool, I would say that for mastering the chess tactical plays books are still MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. If you remember the PATTERN RECOGNITION concept, the sentence written above might make some more sense.īecause practicing similar tactical themes in different positions repetitively makes them easier to remember and easier to find during your own games. More or less every page I have encountered offers endless series of random puzzles that hardly have ANYTHING IN COMMON. Therefore, such puzzles are great for regular exercise, but there is no LEARNING CURVE which allows the reader to progress and seriously raise his level. I haven’t yet encountered a chess internet page whose puzzles have a completely coherent structure. However, the major drawback of everything mentioned above is serious lack of material organization. Moreover, there are internet sites dedicated exclusively to chess puzzles, such as .įinally, if I can be shameless enough (and there is no reason why I can’t since I bought this damn domain :P), there is also a growing list of daily chess tactical problems available on this blog. There is an abundance of internet sources which offer daily chess tactical training (some of which are linked in the widget area on the side). Too be completely honest, in the chess tactics domain books are probably most easily supplemented. In some of the previous posts on this blog I have considered the subjects chess improvement and chess tactics.Īs I have mentioned there, I consider chess books as the best source for studying chess.Īdditionaly, the importance of practicing chess tactics on a regular basis was also emphasized.
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