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The Complete Chess Workout: Train your brain with 1200 puzzles! (Everyman Chess) 6 reviews Richard Palliser
Everyman Chess, 2007
Something New in Puzzle Books
+ Mainly for players rated 1200-1600 + Like joining a "Chess Fitness Gym" + A comprehensive course of chess instruction under one cover + A good exercise book on chess tactics
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Winning Chess Traps for Juniors: Tactics in the Opening 10 reviews Robert, M. Snyder
Wheatmark, 2006
FANTASTIC MINI-LESSONS for a classroom use by CHESS TEACHERS or STUDENTS on their own.
+ Improve both your knowledge of tactics and ideas behind the openings simultaneously! + One of the best ways to learn tactics and even a 3rd grader can use it! + Effective way to IMPROVE TACTICS and IMPROVE OPENING KNOWLEDGE: My favorite book on Opening Traps and Tactics
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Chess Tactics for Kids 27 reviews Murray Chandler
Gambit Publications, 2003
Aimed at children but good for adults too
+ Great Tactics Intro + Chess tactics and combinations to make you a more powerful player quickly! + Chess Tactics, Traps and Combination books - the best way to get better + Another awesome book for fast improvement
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Find the Winning Move 4 reviews Gary Lane
Batsford, 2004
excellent for his target audience
+ Good practice for intermediate players + Improve Your Chess
Gary Lane writes very well for us 1200 to 2000 players. If you are like me, want to enjoy chess for his mind stimulating discoveries in the 64 squares, for the satisfaction of finding themes during a game to gain victory I think this is a book that should be read. It teaches tactical motifs in a ...
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Chess Tactics for Champions: A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way (Chess) 27 reviews Susan Polgar, Paul Truong
Random House Puzzles & Games, 2006
Amazing book!!!
+ A great next level book by Polgar + Great tactics book. + Review of Chess Tactics for Champions + An Excellent book of its kind
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Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games 25 reviews Laszlo Polgar
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006
A good chess puzzle book
+ Good value for the money + billions and billions + A Book for Everyone + Buy this for the "600 Miniature Games" section
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Learn Chess Tactics 10 reviews John Nunn
Gambit Publications, 2004
Never studied tactics? pick this one first
+ Nunn's Learn Chess Tactics + Chess for chess + One of the best books on tactics. + Great for beginners
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1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (Chess lovers' library) 46 reviews Fred Reinfeld
Wilshire Book Company, 1971
Tactics
+ The Heart and Soul of Chess in 1000 Brilliant Diagrams
This book is completely puzzles with short intros to the sections. Giving a general impression of what to look for. Other than that this book is no nonsense tactics and many of them!
I love this book. I can flip to a random page and just work on puzzles. Some are very easy others are very hard.
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Winning Chess Tactics, revised (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) 90 reviews Yasser Seirawan
Everyman Chess, 2005
Excellent Title & Series
+ It's All Here... + I'm a better player now . + A good introduction to the basics of chess tactics
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Combinative Motifs 3 reviews Maxim Blokh
Hannaco Enterprises, 2006
Buy this one, forget about the book " Art of combination "
+ Just got it + Blokh's classic puzzles
This author currently has two books in Amazon. One is Art of Combination, which is out of print now, but from a greedy seller, you can have it if you would pay for 190 U. S. Dollars. This is absolutely absurd!!! In fact combinative motifs is by the same author, that book has more than 300 pages ...
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Winning Chess: How To See Three Moves Ahead 29 reviews Irving Chernev, Fred Reinfeld
Fireside, 1971
Tactics simplified
+ From Zero to Hero + A necessity for any player under 1800. + Great Instruction on Tactics + Fond memories
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How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit Chess) 126 reviews Murray Chandler
Gambit Publications, 1998
Amazing book for wannabe attacking players
+ One of the best beginner to intermediate chess books available... + good book
Before reading this book, I played chess like a scared chipmunk, obsessing about little details like whether pushing this pawn would weaken my position by a picounit. This book helped me see that the way to win games at the amateur level is to attack, to be aggressive, to go after the enemy king ...
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Fritz 9: Play Chess 18 reviews
Windows | Viva Media, 2005
Chess review
+ Fritz 9 has the software, but not the engine
This game is highly interactive and has the ability to personalize in many ways. I have enjoyed many hours of playing.
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One Thousand and One Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations 56 reviews Fred Reinfeld
Wilshire Book Company, 1969
Take the book for what it is
+ Great book for training + Great challenging book! + Fun.
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Understanding Chess Tactics 19 reviews Martin Weteschnik
Quality Chess, 2006
excellent!
+ Unique Masterpiece + Understaning tactics, finally!
This is a gem. Its strengths are the highly interesting examples and its ability to improve your board vision. No chessboard or computer needed.
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Chess Tactics (Batsford Chess Book) 4 reviews Paul Littlewood
Batsford, 2005
This book has it all!
+ Excellent! + Provides an excellent overview for intermediate students
CHESS TACTICS has it all when it comes to pins, forks, skewers, dicovered checks and all the various types of typical tactics you are likely to encounter when you play. I personally own a fair number of books on tactics and traps and have found them to be the most useful types of books in getting ...
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Fritz 9: Play Chess 18 reviews
Windows | Viva Media, 2005
Chess review
+ Fritz 9 has the software, but not the engine
This game is highly interactive and has the ability to personalize in many ways. I have enjoyed many hours of playing.
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1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (Chess lovers' library) 46 reviews Fred Reinfeld
Wilshire Book Company, 1971
Tactics
+ The Heart and Soul of Chess in 1000 Brilliant Diagrams
This book is completely puzzles with short intros to the sections. Giving a general impression of what to look for. Other than that this book is no nonsense tactics and many of them!
I love this book. I can flip to a random page and just work on puzzles. Some are very easy others are very hard.
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Winning Chess Traps for Juniors: Tactics in the Opening 10 reviews Robert, M. Snyder
Wheatmark, 2006
FANTASTIC MINI-LESSONS for a classroom use by CHESS TEACHERS or STUDENTS on their own.
+ Improve both your knowledge of tactics and ideas behind the openings simultaneously! + One of the best ways to learn tactics and even a 3rd grader can use it! + Effective way to IMPROVE TACTICS and IMPROVE OPENING KNOWLEDGE: My favorite book on Opening Traps and Tactics
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Winning Chess Tactics, revised (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) 90 reviews Yasser Seirawan
Everyman Chess, 2005
Excellent Title & Series
+ It's All Here... + I'm a better player now . + A good introduction to the basics of chess tactics
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