1 d4 d5 (Tactical Puzzles)

DECISION TIME!

Winning fast is fun. Losing fast is definitely not fun. This book works as a companion volume to the original book. In this book you will be given the task to decide how to continue in hundreds of puzzle positions, all taken from games that were decided in fifteen or fewer moves.

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,

Brandaktuelle Kombinationen aus dem Schachjahr 2018
 

Der bekannte Schachautor und FIDE Meister Martin Weteschnik führt den Leser nach einem Rückblick ins Jahr 1917 durch das taktische Geschehen des Schachjahres 2017, das mit zahlreichen hochkarätigen Events gefüllt war, darunter das WM-Match Carlsen – Karjakin in New York mit spannendem Tiebreak, die Schacholympiade in Baku und internationale Top-Turniere rund um den Globus.

Tactical ability requires knowledge and skills: knowledge of patterns and tactical methods, and the skill to recognize them, combine them, and calculate accurately.

This book features both composed studies and real-game positions. Composed positions distil tactics into their purest form: nothing irrelevant is present on the board. We can focus purely on the key ideas, which makes them an ideal learning tool.

Experts agree that regularly solving tactical exercises is a vital component of chess training. However, it's also widely acknowledged that there is one drawback of traditional chess puzzles - students know for sure that there is a genuine tactic in the position waiting to be found, whereas during a real game there is no such guarantee!

Sharpen your tactical ability daily

One of the key factors for improving at chess is to study chess tactics and a lot of it.

This volume features 400+ brand new tactical puzzles, varying in difficulty from relatively easy to industrial strength difficult.

Have there been times during a game when you have calculated a position for half an hour, only to find out that most of what you were thinking about was of little use? If you have not, maybe the only way to improve your calculation is to upgrade your processor. But if you are human, then this book will offer you practical advice and an effective training plan to think differently and make decisions far more efficiently.

In Calculation thinking methods such as Candidates, Combinations, Prophylaxis, Comparison, Elimination, Intermediate Moves, Imagination and Traps are explained to the reader, and ownership of them is offered through a carefully selected series of exercises.

“There is no shortcut to the grandmaster title, but there is a well-known route that many people have walked over the years. Jacob offers to guide you on part of this journey and I hope you will take him up on the offer.”

From the foreword by Boris Gelfand

Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard won the British Championship at his first and only attempt. He has received the Guardian, ECF and ChessCafe Book of the Year awards and the FIDE Senior Trainer title. His training material is used by amateurs and grandmasters alike. The Grandmaster Preparation series is aimed at ambitious players.

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