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1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners
The Tactics Workbook that Explains the Basic Concepts, Too
By Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa
Published by New in Chess
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
Chess is 99% tactics. If this celebrated observation is true for the master, how much more so for beginners and casual players! If you want to win more games, nothing works better than training combinations.
There are two types of books on tactics, those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain numerous exercises.
Chess masters and trainers Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa have done both: they explain the basic tactical ideas AND provide an enormous amount of exercises for each different theme. Masetti and Messa have created a great first tactics book. It teaches you how to:
¯ identify weak spots in the position of your opponent
¯ recognize patterns of combinations
¯ visualize tricks.
1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners can also be used as a course text book, because only the most didactically productive exercises have been used.
There are two types of books on tactics, those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain numerous exercises.
Chess masters and trainers Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa have done both: they explain the basic tactical ideas AND provide an enormous amount of exercises for each different theme. Masetti and Messa have created a great first tactics book. It teaches you how to:
¯ identify weak spots in the position of your opponent
¯ recognize patterns of combinations
¯ visualize tricks.
1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners can also be used as a course text book, because only the most didactically productive exercises have been used.
Product Details
- Publisher: New in Chess (January 11, 2019)
- Length: 144 pages
- ISBN13: 9789056915582
Raves and Reviews
I recommend this work, exactly for what it wants to be: a workbook. Beginners will become stronger without being put under too much stress.
– Uwe Bekemann, German Correspondence Chess Federation, German Correspondence Chess Federation
A nice puzzle book for beginners and players with some experience, nothing more, nothing less.
– Max Euwe Center, Amsterdam
I would classify it more as an excellent practice tool for advance beginners, and a fun, convenient tactics review for intermediate players.
– Steve Goldberg, ChessCafe.com
A wonderful mix of various tactical motifs and a great assembly of exercises that really should be in every chess book collection.
– Martin Rieger, Rochade Europa Magazine
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