Artikelnummer
LXWIL303PCP
303 Perplexing Chess Puzzles
Official MENSA Puzzle Book
224 Seiten, kartoniert, Sterling, 2005
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Think of this book as a mental gym where you can do a winning chess workout! Every player can use some "mind stretching" before a game - like the challenging puzzles here that will warm you up and get you sharp. Choose from puzzles for beginner, intermediate, and tournament players, and also get advice on defense as well as tips on defeating chess-playing computers. The best way to improve is to study tactics, and these puzzles will enable you to improve your skills so that you can move up to the next level.
Solving these challenging tactical puzzles will improve your chess game, helping you to beat your opponents. The 303 chosen positions have been developed for players at three levels: advanced beginner, intermediate, and tournament. The level of difficulty is usually reflected by the number of moves necessary to solve them. To make it easier for you to concentrate, only two large, clear illustrations appear on a page. Additionally, a hint is provided above each position. An index at the end of the book enables you to study examples of a Single tactic at one time.
To win at chess, you must develop your strategic abilities and these puzzles are an excellent means to achieve that goal.
Introduction:
Isaac Bashevis Singer, the Nobel Prize-winning Yiddish novelist, observed during an interview that "chess is the fairest of games since nothing is hidden from you." To which we would add, probably at the top of our lungs, only if you can see the tactical possibilities for both sides inherent in most positions. As we said in our last tactical workbook, 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles (Sterling, 2002), "the only way for the advanced beginner or intermediate player to improve to the next level is to consistently study tactics." This has not changed. We still bemoan the fact, which as chess teachers we see all the time, that many talented children and adults fail to improve at chess because they have not made solving tactical chess puzzles a part of their daily routine. While most of you would not consider playing baseball, basketball, doing yoga, running, or whatever without training, it amazes us how many chess players feel it unnecessary to exercise their mental chess muscles by consistently solving tactical problems. Indeed, almost every beginner and intermediate player we know who has really improved, has worn to shreds at least one if not several works on chess tactics. So, here we are again with another tactiworkbook designed to make the work you need to do to beef up your tactics not only comfortable, but enjoyable.
As in our previous tactics collections, we use only two large, clear diagrams per page to make it easier for you to concentrate. Also, we have added a hint in parentheses above each position, telling you what tactic (or tactics) you should be looking for. While we have grouped the positions in each chapter usually by order of difficulty rather than the specific tactic used, there is a Tactics Index at the end for those who wish to study only examples of a single tactic at one time. As always, in our books, at least one-third of the positions are "Black to move" since we believe it is also essential to study chess diagrams from Black's perspective. As in 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles, we continue to use a simple scoring System (devised by Bruce Alberston) to rate your current chess strength. It is described in detail in the introductions to the first three chapters. We hope you will use the scoring System the first time you work through our book, and then if you really want to get better, go through the book at least two more times, continuing to score yourself. We are sure your score will increase with each trip through the book along with your tactical ability in over-the-board play.
We have addressed the vast majority of the material in this book to the three largest groups of players: advanced beginner, intermediate player, and tournament player. In each of the first three chapters, the level of difficulty in the 100 chosen positions is usually reflected by the number of moves, or "ply," necessary to find in order to solve them. Literally, the word "ply" in chess means a half move or a move for one side only. In other words, a three-ply solution simply means "I do this, you do that, I do this, and now I am either winning, or have at least improved my position." Typically, most (but not all) puzzles in Chapter One are three-ply.
Recently, on his internet radio chess show, Chess &Books With Fred Wilson, broadcast from the Website www.Chess.FM, Fred interviewed Grandmasters Larry Christiansen and Joel Benjamin on consecutive weeks. He asked each of them the same question: "Did you ever have to specifically study tactics as a child or were you always able to visualize three to five-ply when playing?" Both replied that they could not remember ever going out of their way to study tactics in general, let alone set up a consistent routine for solving combinations. Mostly, they both studied openings and played over complete games. Well, while this obviously works for that tiny group of people with enormous chess talent, the rest of us mere mortal have got to put a great deal of effort into studying chess tactics or we will never achieve our highest possible level of chess skill. It's as simple as that.
Get started!
- Fred Wilson & Bruce Alberston
Solving these challenging tactical puzzles will improve your chess game, helping you to beat your opponents. The 303 chosen positions have been developed for players at three levels: advanced beginner, intermediate, and tournament. The level of difficulty is usually reflected by the number of moves necessary to solve them. To make it easier for you to concentrate, only two large, clear illustrations appear on a page. Additionally, a hint is provided above each position. An index at the end of the book enables you to study examples of a Single tactic at one time.
To win at chess, you must develop your strategic abilities and these puzzles are an excellent means to achieve that goal.
Introduction:
Isaac Bashevis Singer, the Nobel Prize-winning Yiddish novelist, observed during an interview that "chess is the fairest of games since nothing is hidden from you." To which we would add, probably at the top of our lungs, only if you can see the tactical possibilities for both sides inherent in most positions. As we said in our last tactical workbook, 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles (Sterling, 2002), "the only way for the advanced beginner or intermediate player to improve to the next level is to consistently study tactics." This has not changed. We still bemoan the fact, which as chess teachers we see all the time, that many talented children and adults fail to improve at chess because they have not made solving tactical chess puzzles a part of their daily routine. While most of you would not consider playing baseball, basketball, doing yoga, running, or whatever without training, it amazes us how many chess players feel it unnecessary to exercise their mental chess muscles by consistently solving tactical problems. Indeed, almost every beginner and intermediate player we know who has really improved, has worn to shreds at least one if not several works on chess tactics. So, here we are again with another tactiworkbook designed to make the work you need to do to beef up your tactics not only comfortable, but enjoyable.
As in our previous tactics collections, we use only two large, clear diagrams per page to make it easier for you to concentrate. Also, we have added a hint in parentheses above each position, telling you what tactic (or tactics) you should be looking for. While we have grouped the positions in each chapter usually by order of difficulty rather than the specific tactic used, there is a Tactics Index at the end for those who wish to study only examples of a single tactic at one time. As always, in our books, at least one-third of the positions are "Black to move" since we believe it is also essential to study chess diagrams from Black's perspective. As in 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles, we continue to use a simple scoring System (devised by Bruce Alberston) to rate your current chess strength. It is described in detail in the introductions to the first three chapters. We hope you will use the scoring System the first time you work through our book, and then if you really want to get better, go through the book at least two more times, continuing to score yourself. We are sure your score will increase with each trip through the book along with your tactical ability in over-the-board play.
We have addressed the vast majority of the material in this book to the three largest groups of players: advanced beginner, intermediate player, and tournament player. In each of the first three chapters, the level of difficulty in the 100 chosen positions is usually reflected by the number of moves, or "ply," necessary to find in order to solve them. Literally, the word "ply" in chess means a half move or a move for one side only. In other words, a three-ply solution simply means "I do this, you do that, I do this, and now I am either winning, or have at least improved my position." Typically, most (but not all) puzzles in Chapter One are three-ply.
Recently, on his internet radio chess show, Chess &Books With Fred Wilson, broadcast from the Website www.Chess.FM, Fred interviewed Grandmasters Larry Christiansen and Joel Benjamin on consecutive weeks. He asked each of them the same question: "Did you ever have to specifically study tactics as a child or were you always able to visualize three to five-ply when playing?" Both replied that they could not remember ever going out of their way to study tactics in general, let alone set up a consistent routine for solving combinations. Mostly, they both studied openings and played over complete games. Well, while this obviously works for that tiny group of people with enormous chess talent, the rest of us mere mortal have got to put a great deal of effort into studying chess tactics or we will never achieve our highest possible level of chess skill. It's as simple as that.
Get started!
- Fred Wilson & Bruce Alberston
| EAN | 1402711468 |
|---|---|
| Gewicht | 260 g |
| Hersteller | Sterling |
| Breite | 13,5 cm |
| Höhe | 20,8 cm |
| Medium | Buch |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2005 |
| Autor | Fred WilsonBruce Alberston |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| ISBN-10 | 1402711468 |
| Seiten | 224 |
| Einband | kartoniert |
005 Introduction
015 Chapter One: 100 Positions for the Advanced Beginner
067 Chapter Two: 100 Positions for the Intermediate Player
119 Chapter Three: 100 Positions for the Tournament Player
171 Chapter Four: The Fork Trick
189 Chapter Five: Deflection, Undermining, or Removing the Guard?
195 Answers
220 Tactics Index
015 Chapter One: 100 Positions for the Advanced Beginner
067 Chapter Two: 100 Positions for the Intermediate Player
119 Chapter Three: 100 Positions for the Tournament Player
171 Chapter Four: The Fork Trick
189 Chapter Five: Deflection, Undermining, or Removing the Guard?
195 Answers
220 Tactics Index