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.
Originally posted by magnublm 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.
how about flipping through some of my games on this site?
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)
"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.
Originally posted by gaychessplayer "303 Tricky Chess Tactics" and "303 More Tricky Chess Tactics", both the Wilson and Albertson.
Second this selection.
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.
Supposed to read "Tactics books/software/websites for *beginners*"
What do you recommend?
Start 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).
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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