
Reserve it at BN.com & pick it up in 60 minutes at your local store.
Enter a zip code
(Paperback)
Reader Rating:
See Detailed Ratings
December 26, 2008: This is not a book for the beginner! The problems are designed for someone well beyond a beginner (consider: "Art of the Checkmate" for a beginner or a good opening traps book such as, "Winning Chess Traps" where it shows how tactics are reached for beginner to intermediate, or "Winning Chess Tournaments"). The book uses the old form of notation (a drawback) and you must go to the back of the book each time to find the solution to each checkmate problem. You do get a lot of checkmate problems and they are broken down by type.
I Also Recommend: The Art of Checkmate, Winning Chess Traps, Winning Chess Tournaments.
Reader Rating:
See Detailed Ratings
October 06, 2008: A good book to use to train with to learn tactics. Lots and lots of checkmate problems. Get this along with 1001 WINNING CHESS SACRIFICES AND COMBINATIONS and WINNING CHESS TOURNAMENTS to improve your pattern recognition and train properly.