This series offers a comprehensive guide to the world of chess tactics, organizing complex strategies into understandable families, themes, and subthemes. Each concept is thoroughly illustrated and accompanied by detailed commentary, revealing not just the correct moves but also the thought process leading to the solution. Designed to make advanced chess concepts accessible, these books use clear, word-based explanations. They are an invaluable resource for anyone looking to elevate their chess game.
This book is the first in a two-part set which contains over a thousand examples organized in unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation. This volume provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks.
Chess tactics explained in English: the second volume of material from www.chesstactics.org. This book is the second in a two-part set. The two books together contain over a thousand examples organized in unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation. Book II -- the present volume -- covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns. (The first book in the set provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks.) Also available in hardcover.