Informant’s Collection of Instructive Tactics and Studies

- 500 carefully selected puzzles

- 5 levels of difficulty

- 60 instructive, prizewinning studies

Study, practice and improve with our selection of tactical jewels!

340 Seiten, gebunden, Informator-Verlag, 1. Auflage 2023

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

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.

First Steps in Tactics

his book is written for chess friends who are beginners or hobby players without much experience and who want to improve to lower club level. If you are already somewhat stronger you may not like the idea of learning from scratch. But sometimes going a step back in order to take two steps forwards is a good idea.

Wahrscheinlich möchtest du deine Spielstärke verbessern oder, falls du nicht aktiv im Verein spielst, zumindest etwas mehr vom Schachspiel verstehen lernen. Das ist ein begreiflicher Wunsch, dessen Erfüllung jedoch leider mit sehr viel Arbeit und Aufwand verbunden ist, denn das Wissen über das Schachspiel hat mittlerweile die Dimensionen einer Wissenschaft angenommen.

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.

Tactics according to Smyslov

Recently many great puzzle books have been published, but this book is a bit different from the others. The authors have used a unique, and at the same time simple, model for classification of tactical elements. They tried to look at this most important feature of chess through the eyes of a great champion, Vassily Smyslov.

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.

Großmeister Thomas Luther gewann dreimal die Deutsche Meisterschaft, war ein gutes Jahrzehnt Nationalspieler und war Sieger in zahlreichen Turnieren. Jetzt hält er den höchsten Trainerrang "FIDE Senior Trainer" und ist einer von weltweit nur 30 Dozenten die FIDE-Kurse zur Trainerausbildung abhalten dürfen.

Solving studies is well established as an effective method of chess improvement. In Practical Chess Beauty one of the world’s greatest study composers, Yochanan Afek, shares his finest creations.

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.

This book is the sequel of the successful puzzle-book series from GM Ivan Ivanisevica Known as a great tactical player Ivan Ivanisevic select the 548 puzzles All the puzzles have been collected from practical games (OTB, Blitz, Oline). There are more than 500 examples from GM practice. 

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.

This book covers 10 important chess topics. Each topic is separated into its own chapter and each chapter is constructed in the following way: 2 illustrative positions with solutions, an explanation of the topic and some help and hints to help the reader solve the exercises. There are 40 exercises, growing in difficulty, starting with the easy ones and finishing with the most complicated. The solutions for each chapter can be found at the very end of the book. After you have worked through the 10 topics, you will find yourself at the test section, where you can challenge your new-found knowledge. There are 8 tests,