Improve your tactical radar

Are you ready to improve your tactical game? It has been said that chess is 99% tactics but whether that is an accurate reflection is hard to tell. Nevertheless, it is important.

Chess puzzle books are undoubtedly popular - and with good reason. Solving chess puzzles helps to sharpen a player?s tactical and combinational skills. This ability is absolutely fundamental for chess development. You won?t get better at tennis until you can consistently hit the ball with accuracy and you won?t get better at chess until you improve your ability to calculate. It is that simple and there are no shortcuts.

By the former coach of Garry Kasparov and the Polgar Sisters

A mastery of tactics is essential to a competitive chess player, and the original Advanced Chess Tactics became an instant classic in this field.
"This book is absolutely superb. For serious players... this volume will provide a wonderful breadth of study material and act as a workbook to advance your skills and understanding of this important topic..." was Carsten Hansen´s comment when awarding the book 6/6 stars.

By the former coach of Garry Kasparov and the Polgar Sisters

A mastery of tactics is essential to a competitive chess player, and the original Advanced Chess Tactics became an instant classic in this field.
"This book is absolutely superb. For serious players... this volume will provide a wonderful breadth of study material and act as a workbook to advance your skills and understanding of this important topic..." was Carsten Hansen´s comment when awarding the book 6/6 stars.

Mit Taktik und Strategie erfolgreich spielen

Schach liegt nicht nur aktuell im Trend, sondern ist seit jeher beliebt, denn es schult die Konzentration und das strategische Denken. In ihrem Ratgeber stellt die erfahrene Schachtrainerin Silke Einacker die goldenen Regeln von Eröffnung, Mittel- und Endspiel vor

First the Idea and then the Move“

First the idea and then the move!” Miguel Najdorf used to say in his habitually enthusiastic fashion; that statement is the perfect summary of planning in chess.

Planning is of crucial importance in chess and yet this is an area that has not been well discussed or explained to ambitious players who wish to improve. A very well known saying in chess is “Better a bad plan than no plan at all”. Playing without a plan – effectively staggering from one move to the next – is a recipe for disaster. It is essential to have some kind of idea of what you are trying to achieve and how to go about it.

404 tactical puzzles

An essential part of improving at chess is working on your tactical ability. Tactics occur at every level of chess but once the players become stronger the elements invoved in spotting the puzzles tend to become more complex and deeper, whereas, among weaker players, elementary skewers, forks, and deadly pins are more frequent visitors.

A complete course for club and tournament players

Chess is 99% tactics. This celebrated observation is not only true for beginners, but also for club players (Elo 1500 – 2000). If you want to win more games, nothing works better than training your combination skills.

There are two types of books on tactics: those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain lots of exercises. FIDE Master Frank Erwich has done both: he explains all the key tactical ideas AND provides an enormous amount of exercises for each different theme.

Aufgaben zu folgenden Themen:

Blockade
Räumung von Feldern
Abzugsangriff
Unterbrechen der Angriffslinie
Zwischenzug
Röntgenangriff
Beseitigen von Verteidigung

Die Aufgaben und Kombinationen sind in drei Stufen eingeteilt:
Kadetten - mit Elo 1700 - 1800
Offiziere - mit Elo 1800 - 1900
Könige - mit Elo 1900 - 2100

112 Seiten, RU / DE / EN,  Broschüre, 1. Auflage 2017

Aufgaben und Kombinationen zum Thema "Ablenkung"
Kadetten
Offiziere
Könige

Aufgaben und Kombinationen zum Thema "Hinlenkung"
Kadetten
Offiziere
Könige

Die Aufgaben und Kombinationen sind in drei Stufen eingeteilt:
Kadetten - mit Elo 1700 - 1800
Offiziere - mit Elo 1800 - 1900
Könige - mit Elo 1900 - 2100

112 Seiten, RU / DE / EN,  Broschüre, 1. Auflage 2017

Intuition, Fantasie und Präzision

Schach gilt als ein Kampfspiel, das zu 99% aus Taktik besteht - so ein verbreitetes und wohl auch legitimes Zitat. Denn nahezu jeder Zug in einer Schachpartie ist mit taktischen Elementen oder Motiven verknüpft. Folgerichtig ist das ständige Trainieren der Taktik auf hohem Niveau unverzichtbar für ambitionierte Spieler, die sich im Turnierkampf behaupten und dort Erfolg haben wollen.

In this book, devoted to Mikhail Tal, the examples are arranged in chronological order. All the diagrams are give an additional mark – a number from 1 to 4. This classification allows the book to be used as an aid, both for trainers and teachers in lessons with their pupils, and for independent training.

Gebunden, Figurinen, 1. Auflage 2017

Fireworks!

When released in 2002, the first volume of The Magic of Chess Tactics by FIDE Master Claus Dieter Meyer and German Grandmaster Karsten Müller was extremely popular. It was one of the first books to deal with tactics on high level. Like the first book, intended for advanced (Elo 1800+) players, this second volume puts special tactical motifs and themes under the analytical microscope.

Strategies for Success

For nearly fifty years grandmasters and amateurs alike have been making their annual pilgrimage to the World Open. Legendary organizer Bill Goichberg created the model of this iconic event in American chess: large entry fees, large prizes, and no-frills. Every year around the 4th of July, Philadelphia is the scene of countless epic battles at the board.