I have a few very old books with mate puzzles.
700 chess problems by Mrs. W.J.Baird (1902)
mate puzzles,2-3-4-5 moves and then self-mates 2-3-4-5-6 moves
Canadian chess problems by C.F.Stubbs (1890)
mate puzzles,2-3-4-5-6 moves
75 chess problems by John Thursby (1883)
All mates in 2,3 or 4 and 4 suicide mates at the end
200 chess problems by Frank Healey (1866)
more mate problems,2-3-4-5 moves
All are available as ebooks,free of charge
I don't know of any more recent ones nor ones with various tactical themes arranged by number of moves.
I do have a Reinfeld book with tactics arranged by themes,but not by number of moves.
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John Nunn's "Learn Chess Tactics" doesn't specify the number of moves, but it does discuss each tactic category briefly before introducing several puzzles of increasing difficulty on that theme. Studying this book alone probably added at least 50 points to my RHP rating and helped me win the last chess tournament at work. It's an excellent book.
Originally posted by jonrothwellIf you like it, write John Nunn and tell him that PBE6 is a fan but doesn't shill for free. See if you can get him to pay my subscription fee for next year! 😵
Thanks for the replys, I wanted something to help with pattern recogition, I'll check out the nunn book.
Cheers.