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27th August 2008, 06:02am
#1
by vsarun
manama India
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 481

I suck in my tacticsCry .I am 14 years old. I want to improve my tactics .Any of you know any software or site to improve them .I know of the tactics trainer in this site but I dont use it because of all that premium membership thingy and also that

all the problems I did till now in it was bullshit.I want a free ,good ,clean(no adware or viruses) software or site to improve my tactics.

 

All comments are welcome.

27th August 2008, 06:57am
#2
by lukeyboy_xx
london England
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 4548

the tactics trainer is free and has 10,000 puzzles. Some are challenging and some are easy!

27th August 2008, 08:20am
#3
by vsarun
manama India
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 481

In the tactic trainer in this site I am able to do only 3 problems per day and I only said I saw no interesting problems after using it for a month.Maybe you people like it but I dont.

I asked if you people know a site which fits my description and all I got was praises for this site.

I am not saying this site is bad or anything .I enjoy playing live chess and doing the puzzles in the forum .Only thing I dont like is the tactics trainer.I dont think that if i do 3 problems a day,my tactics will improve.

Comments still welcome

27th August 2008, 08:25am
#4
by lukeyboy_xx
london England
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 4548

well there are many puzzles on chess.com:

daily puzzle

Puzzles by other members

there is so much here

27th August 2008, 08:25am
#5
by vsarun
manama India
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 481

dommo wrote:

you' re very ungrateful after all tactics trainer was FREE


I am able to do only 3 puzzles a day which is not so interesting. I am not ungrateful to chess.com .I asked if you know any site to fit my  description. It would have been better to say.'I dont know any'.    See ya around____.

27th August 2008, 08:29am
#6
by vsarun
manama India
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 481

lukeyboy_xx wrote:

well there are many puzzles on chess.com:

daily puzzle

Puzzles by other members

there is so much here


I am not disagreeing. I do many of the puzzles in chess.com .But  do you know any other site.

27th August 2008, 08:32am
#7
by lanceuppercut_239
United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 454

vsarun wrote:


I am not disagreeing. I do many of the puzzles in chess.com .But  do you know any other site.


Ok guys, how about we just answer his question?

Google: "Chess tactics server".

27th August 2008, 08:36am
#8
by gdadson
Aliso Viejo United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 173

Sign up for gold membership... this will get you all the problems you could ever want for less than 10 cents a day!

(I can offset this cost by picking up change in a stroll through a parking lot!)

If tactics trainer isn't helpful, then you should do more problems and study those that you pass (and fail!).

27th August 2008, 09:20am
#9
by lukeyboy_xx
london England
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 4548

chessmaster 10

27th August 2008, 09:26am
#10
by lukeyboy_xx
london England
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 4548
27th August 2008, 09:33am
#11
by Ricardo_Morro
Bridgeport, CT United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 892

Try books. The best is "Modern Chess Tactics" by Ludek Pachman.

27th August 2008, 09:57am
#12
by Sharukin
Exeter England
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 1083

http://www.chesstactics.org/

Tactics explained in words with lots of positions to try. Some of them are obvious, some of them are not very obvious at all!

27th August 2008, 10:12am
#13
by Bigbadjohn
St Louis United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 5

Try ChessMagnet School. The cost is very small and you will not be able to complete the entire program in a year.

27th August 2008, 12:04pm
#14
by Chess_Lobster
New Jersey United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 288

Yes, as Sharukin pointed out, the below site is excellent.

http://www.chesstactics.org/

It takes patience to go through it all but its really helpful.

I don't know what you mean by "All the problems I did til now in it are bullshit" though, I don't really know what your looking for

28th August 2008, 02:47am
#15
by vsarun
manama India
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 481

Chess_Lobster wrote:

Yes, as Sharukin pointed out, the below site is excellent.

http://www.chesstactics.org/

 

It takes patience to go through it all but its really helpful.

I don't know what you mean by "All the problems I did til now in it are bullshit" though, I don't really know what your looking for


When I said I mean all the problems I did on tactics trainer for 1 month were dum.

28th August 2008, 07:14am
#16
by golem3
United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 364

Just buy a premium membership and get unlimited tactics trainer

28th August 2008, 04:14pm
#17
by rich
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 27854

Lol. You get better at chess through losing and learning ! And also winning if you can !

 

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