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The Planet Chess newsletter contains many hard tactic puzzles from real grandmaster games, all from recent tournaments.

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Originally posted by chesskid001
Get the CD program Chess Tactics for Intermediate Players or Chess Tactics for Advanced Players (the name is something like that)

I have the Beginner CD, and it is great. Way better than a book for a few reasons

1. You can see the answer right away without having to thumb all the way to the back of the book.

2. It gives hints that actually sharp ...[text shortened]... e CD in to use it.

5. Generally has about 1000-1300 puzzles, and you can do them over again
I am a convert to computer based books. I have a chessbase copy of D'Voretsky's End game manual and i have studied a pretty big chunk of it in the first week. Being a lazy sod i've kind of left it now but i find this method of study to be far more convenient. 🙂

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Originally posted by sschere2
I did Fred Reinfeld 1K excercises once and they are great. But, you need to know that about 10% of them have no solution...
How can this book be a "great" resource if 10 - 20% of the solutions are wrong or non-existent?!

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Originally posted by basso
There's a good article on improving one's chess game at Chessville.com. Here's an excerpt:

"The plan which I'm suggesting may not be right for everyone, but it works for the majority of us. The basic outline of my plan is this: Master basic tactics, then basic endings, then study basic positional play and strategy, then learn basic opening principles, an ...[text shortened]... LL the material in the Polgar book is easy for you and has already been mastered."
Polgar's 5334 Chess Problems

I have this and it IS great!

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Originally posted by basso
How can this book be a "great" resource if 10 - 20% of the solutions are wrong or non-existent?!
Lots of books have mistakes in them. I haven't see one perfect chess book yet.

But it's free online. You just need a chess program to view them and get the solutions.

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Originally posted by basso
How can this book be a "great" resource if 10 - 20% of the solutions are wrong or non-existent?!
it is a good book --- i also completed the book in ~ 10 months --- helped my chess game tremenously. going through the positions molds the chess brain to critically look for combo opportunities.

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What exactly is the name of this Fred Reinfeld book? I can find "1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate" and "1001 Brilliant Chess Sacrifices & Combinations," but not 1000 Problems. Thanks.

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Originally posted by basso
How can this book be a "great" resource if 10 - 20% of the solutions are wrong or non-existent?!
LOL.....Sure, it is. And thinking a little bit more about it, I think that it is very "original" that a lot of problems doesn't have a win. It is like in a real game, you have to find the best move and nobody will tell you if there is a win or not. 🙂

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Originally posted by basso
What exactly is the name of this Fred Reinfeld book? I can find "1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate" and "1001 Brilliant Chess Sacrifices & Combinations," but not 1000 Problems. Thanks.
The latter is the book you're looking for.

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Originally posted by basso
What exactly is the name of this Fred Reinfeld book? I can find "1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate" and "1001 Brilliant Chess Sacrifices & Combinations," but not 1000 Problems. Thanks.
I would prefer doing combination and tactical puzzles over checkmate ones any day. The problem with a lot of puzzle book are that the whole book mostly consists of mate puzzles.