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Chess students love a Puzzle Rush. And solving tactics puzzles will certainly help you to improve your pattern recognition and find good moves in tournament games. But there is a downside to most tactics puzzles - we always know who is supposed to win! Chess in real life is different, not just because no one taps us on the shoulder and tells us to look for a tactic. Sometimes tactics work, and sometimes they don't. Sometimes your opponent has a few tricks up their sleeve, too. In a real game, you not only give - you also take. This book shows the reality of chess tactics. It explores all the challenges a chess player faces over the board: attack, defense, and counterattack! It exposes the actual give-and-take nature of chess tactics. American grandmaster Joel Benjamin, a three-time U.S. Champion, was inspired for this book by the 20th-century classic Chess Traps, Pitfalls, and Swindles by legendary chess authors Fred Reinfeld and Israel Albert Horowitz. With modern examples, Benjamin arouses the same spirit of fun and enjoyment. With a generous amount of puzzles in quiz form, this manual will help chess students sharpen their tactical skills and be ready to strike - or counterstrike. No library descriptions found. |
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