Publisher:
New In Chess, 2006
Edition:
Paperback medium
ISBN-13: 978-90-5691-188-1 Pages: 170 Language: English
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The fastest way to win more games of chess is to improve your tactics
Most games of chess are decided through tactics. This is good news, since virtually all players love tactics. The best advice for a novice who wants to improve quickly is therefore: improve your tactical abilities. This books helps in identifying weak points in the position of your opponent, in recognizing patterns of combinations, and in visualizing tricks.
My Daily Exercise is neither just a freewheeling puzzle book, nor a systematic course in which the thematic grouping of the positions gives an unwelcome hint to the solution. Here the tactical themes are clearly explained, but the random order in which the exercises are presented, makes studying the material much more similar to what a player experiences in an actual tournament game.
Tactics are both the wonder and the terror of chess, and regular practice is the key word in getting better at it. The book starts easy, but don’t worry: the level of difficulty will steadily increase. Don’t skip the explanation if you have found the solution, because only if you read the solutions carefully you will maximize the improvement of your skills. The way in which Heinz Brunthaler, a successful coach and author from Germany, has listed the solutions makes it impossible to take a peek at the key moves of the next exercise. My Daily Exercise is particularly useful during commercial breaks in your favorite television program!
A few minutes a day with My Daily Exercise will make you a much better player
Australian Chess Magazine: "I could feel the improvement in my tactical eye when I reached the final position. Also highly recommended for use by junior coaches."
Chess Horizons: "A clever way of preventing one from 'accidentally' seeing the solution of the next exercise."
John Elburg Chess Reviews: "Recognizing patterns is the secret in becoming a strong chess player."
About.com.Chess: "The puzzles are difficult enough to be challenging, easy enough not to be discouraging."
Johan Hut, Schakers.Info: "You not only get solutions, but a rather extensive explanation as well. The publisher has invented two clever things. To begin with, the exercises are not grouped by theme, because if that would be the case, you would get a hint. Secondly, the solutions are arranged in such a way that your eye cannot fall on the solution of the next exercise. Pretty clever indeed."
Michael Stevenson, New Zealand Chess: "One of the best books of its type to come out over the last few years (...) Ten out of ten."
