24 Oct 07
Originally posted by magnublmhow about flipping through some of my games on this site?
I'm really looking for recommended tactics books for beginners, but if you know of tactics websites (other than the emerald server or the adaptive tactics server) or software, feel free to list them.
they're 99% brilliant (that is, brilliant until the last move. and in those cases, I was being possessed by Canadian Bacon covered with syrup)
24 Oct 07
"303 Tricky Chess Tactics" and "303 More Tricky Chess Tactics", both the Wilson and Albertson.
"Sharpen Your Tactics", by Lein, et. al. Contains over 1000 tactics problems graded by difficulty.
"1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate" and "1001 Winning Chess Combinations and Sacrifices", both by Fred Reinfeld. These two books are available for free in pdf format. Do a Google search to find out where.
24 Oct 07
Originally posted by gaychessplayerSecond this selection.
"303 Tricky Chess Tactics" and "303 More Tricky Chess Tactics", both the Wilson and Albertson.
Also, for beginners, I would recommend reading Seirawan's Winning Chess series. Not the deepest books in the world, but written very well for those at the novice level.
24 Oct 07
Originally posted by magnublmStart with "The Chess Kid's Book of Tactics", then Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics, then Understanding Chess Tactics (for when the reader is fairly advanced).
Fingers slipped...
Supposed to read "Tactics books/software/websites for *beginners*"
What do you recommend?
Invaluable, free online reading can be found at chesstactics.org.
All the whilem the reader should be doing puzzles on sites like chess tactics server, or from books like Reinfeld's (recced above).
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