Originally posted by TimmyBxHow tough are the puzzles? I need somewhere between "meh" and Mickey Mouse. 🙂
I recently created a website with a lot of tactical puzzles. I have a free newsletter where you will get a tactical puzzle in the email about every other day. All of the puzzles are originals (not taken from Fred Reinfeld books or something), and all are taken from real class player games - many from RHP.
I also have several back issues posted for a col ...[text shortened]... iday.
The website is http://tacticstime.com, and I hope it is helpful to you.
Cheers,
Tim
But yes, if they're not over my head I'm very interested.
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Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperWell, I can only admit that I certainly don't, or rarely do... but you do know greenpawn's motto, don't you?
How some people simultaniously:
- See that many moves ahead
- While making moves that are counterintuitive
- And seeing it live during an actual game.
That would be extremely hard to see even if it was a puzzle: "White to move and checkmate." I so wish I could see stuff like that during a game.
Richard
Speaking of seeing many moves ahead, the fact some 13 year old can come up with this move makes me feel really dumb.
The knight move about 7:50 into the video.
Edit: At about 21:15 into the video, did black miss a king - queen fork with his bishop? Instead he pushed his b-pawn.
Edit 2: NM it's pinned
Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperTactics practice is the best way as noted to start seeing these things. I'm pleasantly surprised by the improvement in my own tactical awareness by playing through the puzzles at chesstempo.com. Tactics begin with like building blocks, and I would say to start as simple as possible with the tactical devices such as pins, etc, and move on as you feel capable.
How some people simultaniously:
- See that many moves ahead
- While making moves that are counterintuitive
- And seeing it live during an actual game.
That would be extremely hard to see even if it was a puzzle: "White to move and checkmate." I so wish I could see stuff like that during a game.
Now, strategy is a different matter 🙂 (although there are some good books out there)
Steady Now. No running before we are walking.
Stay with the program Murchu, don't ahead of yourself.
The mysterys of strategy will fall into place much easier the better
the tactician your are.
You have started applying all these tricks in your games and soon you
will be looking ahead at positions where you know your bag of tactical
tricks will be useful.
And when you are looking at and aiming for these positions trying to
tactcially take advantage of a weakness you will start to figure out what
pieces to swap off and what to keep. What pawns to push and what pawns
must never be touched.
This is strategy. The good books on it are usually telling things you
have already worked for yourself.