I am going to spend this summer with my tactics books: Predator at the Chessboard, Bein's Chess Tactics for Students, The Chess Tutor (Leslie Ault - and old book which I have just recieved and it is WONDERFUL), and Chris Ward's Starting Out: Chess Tactics. Plus computer stuff: Tactics Trainer, Chess Tempo, and Convecta's CT-Art for Beginners.

And if I'm not too wiped out, I may come up for air and read Purdy!

stwils

Sounds good! Maybe you should set up a Test to evaluate your tactics skills and do the same test now and after the Tactics Training Summer?

Tactics study can ware you out. Study some and play some. When your head starts to spinnig, stop for the day; because you have learned something your brain is tring to comprehend. Edwin