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Chess Tactics For Champions By Susan Polgar

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11th December 2008, 09:44am
#1
by TheGenuineArticle
New Orleans United States
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 24

i was wondering if you guys evr read this book. the book covers topics such as forks asnd double attacks as well as skewer moves. i just was wondering you guys thoughts

11th December 2008, 03:13pm
#2
by Grakovsky
United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 668

No, I have not read that book yet. I was in a book store the other day and I saw this book on a shelf though -- only skimmed thru. Maybe I should go back and take a second look? Tongue out

12th December 2008, 01:47pm
#3
by fanat
New York City United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 142

I've read that book. It's a tactics book for beginners to intermediate players. It explains basic tactics in a very nice and logical manner unlike other books. Examples go from very easy to more difficult but not overly diffucult. It should be everybody's 1st or second tactics book. I would highly recommend this book!

Now, if you are looking for a more difficut or advanced book than you should look at other books.

12th December 2008, 02:02pm
#4
by armchairQB
Austin, TX United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 76
fanat wrote:

I've read that book. It's a tactics book for beginners to intermediate players. It explains basic tactics in a very nice and logical manner unlike other books. Examples go from very easy to more difficult but not overly diffucult. It should be everybody's 1st or second tactics book. I would highly recommend this book!

Now, if you are looking for a more difficut or advanced book than you should look at other books.


Any advice on more advanced books?

12th December 2008, 02:09pm
#5
by staggerlee
United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 891

I highly recommend this book.  I found the book difficult at first but soon I was able to get 95% of the problems without looking at the back.  It is definitely a good place to start for tactics training.

12th December 2008, 02:14pm
#6
by chesschamp92192
Milford IN United States
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 115

Great Book, I read it almost 6 times and my rating went up from 1000 to 1400.  Now I can get any problem in the book in around 5 seconds. Now I let everyone borrow it and everyone else improves.  It truly is a great book.

12th December 2008, 02:16pm
#7
by aadaam
United Kingdom
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 546

And she is quite pretty

14th December 2008, 12:39pm
#8
by fanat
New York City United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 142
armchairQB wrote:
fanat wrote:

I've read that book. It's a tactics book for beginners to intermediate players. It explains basic tactics in a very nice and logical manner unlike other books. Examples go from very easy to more difficult but not overly diffucult. It should be everybody's 1st or second tactics book. I would highly recommend this book!

Now, if you are looking for a more difficut or advanced book than you should look at other books.


Any advice on more advanced books?


Unfortunately I haven't went through any other more difficult chess books. I have this book on my wish list "Complete chess workout":

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Chess-Workout-puzzles-Everyman/dp/1857445325/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3127X28A53482&colid=2906279JYBBNY

Also, I've been using CT-Art software (it's a software with tactics) and it's definitely very good and challenging! Highly recommended!

14th December 2008, 12:48pm
#9
by dc1985
Florida United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 933

It is indeed a good intermediate book, i have a copy myself... very informative.

14th December 2008, 04:07pm
#10
by TheGenuineArticle
New Orleans United States
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 24

okay so how would a beginner like myself study this book

14th December 2008, 04:29pm
#11
by staggerlee
United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 891
TheGenuineArticle wrote:

okay so how would a beginner like myself study this book


I kept it next to my bed and did problems everynight before bed.

14th December 2008, 04:35pm
#12
by erikido23
United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 1670

Forcing chess moves....Great read. 

14th December 2008, 04:57pm
#13
by likesforests
United States
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 4407

Chess Tactics for Champions makes for an excellent second tactics book. As far as books a bit more advanced, Understanding Chess Tactics or Forcing Moves are fine picks.

14th December 2008, 05:15pm
#14
by ADK
United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 16871

I need to buy one!

ADK

15th December 2009, 12:04pm
#15
by stwils
Georgia United States
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 1109

I'm not going to be too proud to admit that I have ( in addition to having Chess Tactics for Champions) I also have Susan Polgar's "A World Champion's Guide to Chess."  It is not as advanced as CTfor C, but it is good and has at least 17 chapters on tactics plus a lot of other good stuff.  I am still working with this book. Sometimes I look up more examples of certain tactics in CTforC. But this is a good starting place and it moves forward. I would recommend BOTH books!

stwils

3rd January 2010, 01:38pm
#16
by loved
Michigan United States
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 1497

Chess Tactics for Champions reminds me a lot of Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. Polgar's book isn't exactly programmed instruction as in the Fischer text, but I learned new types of pins, forks, etc from Polgar's. For more advanced tactics, I plan to play through annotated games of masters sort of in the manner of Bruce Pandolfini's "Solitaire Chess" column in Chess Life magazine and see what moves I can anticipate correctly.

 

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