#The magic of chess tactics how toIn this position one must answer the question of how to attack the enemy king, while at the same time tricking the opponent into believing we want something else, that we are attacking something else. The beauty of the book is partly for the patterns, but also the beauty of this book lies in obliging us to think, to find a way of connecting patterns to find the solution, like in the following position: I believe this book is quite important for everyone on the road to mastery for acquiring those patterns master-level players know. Often in chess we hear the term “learning patterns” or how a chess master has a certain number of patterns stored into memory. In real games we must stretch our imagination and creativity, and of course we often stretch the limit of our calculation power, where precision plays an important role. While some people classify the exercises as difficult, I found the exercises in the book typical of real games. This time, however, I’d be allowed to move the pieces, write down the lines again, and then check the solution. If I couldn’t find what the position asked, I would take another 10 minutes. If the lines were decisive (let’s say the position asked to find a decisive advantage for Black) and I found it, I was happy, and then I’d check the solution. I got a notebook and set the timer for 10 minutes for each position, and after the 10 minutes I’d write down the lines I saw in my head. So I had to devise a system to use a book which in some instances is beyond my chess understanding for discipline upon calculation, vision, etc. For example, many positions were clearly above my head (I’m around 1900). Impressions: While writing the review and working on the book, I had some feelings. So just to work on them could take a year, but surely the benefits one reaps would be seen in tournament! These are top GM games, and the positions were chosen to make you learn the art of analysis. Now one could think 80 positions are not much, far from it. At the end of each chapter there are some exercises, for a total of more than 80 positions (I think 84 is the precise number if I counted well). I like the topic, and found it quite entertaining both for the examples used and for the creative ideas which are conveyed. The last chapter of the book is for exchanges and transformations. The champions used as examples are Carlsen, Kasparov, and Anand. Chapter 3 is dedicated to the bishops, Chapter 4 on pins, and chapter 5 is quite interesting because it covers how we can learn from world champions. The square F7, another very important tactical point, is treated well. Ne6 1-0 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts The game is well annotated at page 139 of the book, but for those who are curious to see the game, and eventually compare with the annotations of the authors, here it is: For those who don’t know what the “octopus” is, here an example of the Octopus Knight from the game Efimenko vs. The second chapter is dedicated to the knight on the attack! The subchapters treat how to exploit the dark squares weaknesses, octopus on D5 or F5. In fact, one day of our training regimen should be dedicated to these exercises, which are clearly difficult and oblige us to go beyond our comfort zone. To learn how these two pieces interact and how they successfully create mating attacks is a clear must for every chess player. As former World Champion Anand explained in the foreword to the book, one needs periodically to solve these kinds of exercises. The first Chapter was made to teach the power of the terrible duo: the Queen and Knight. The book is made up of 6 chapters, which have many sub-chapters inside. In this book one can find positions from 2015 or even 2017, which means the authors worked hard into making a new original book, and not only a copy and paste of the material from the DVD. However, let me tell you a practical reason for the 2 reviews. It kind of obliges me to use a board, instead of my mind’s eyes. The diagrams are from the White side, even when the side to move is Black, and even when the concept explained is from the Black side. With a book there is no such flexibility. For example when I watch a Chessbase DVD, I have the authors talking to me the diagrams are huge, and generally with a simple click I turn the board from the right side. Let’s be clear, the difference is huge, also in terms of visualization. The authors of this book, who deserve our praise for giving us a modified version of the DVD, tailored the book to the needs of a chess player who prefers to read on paper. I was trying to write a combined review of the DVD and this book, which is based on the Chessbase DVD with the same title, but the two mediums are quite different and they deserve their own space in order to better serve the readers.
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