
Tactics Trainer
The Tactics Trainer is one of my favorite things on chess.com It can be found under the menu LEARN then TACTICS TRAINER or http://www.chess.com/tactics/myhome.html The more tactics you do the better. You need to be ready and mentally sharp when you start your training. You get points and a rating based on your performance. It takes into account the time it takes you to solve puzzle and how many correct answers you answer and how difficult the puzzle. See if you can beat your top score. Some puzzles are 3-4 moves long. If I do not get it right the first time I will always selcet "Try Again and if after 3 tries I do not get it correct I will tell it to "Show Solution". When I get 2-3 puzzles wrong in a row or starting to feel mentally down I will stop then come back later. Try it out it is fun. Shown below is an example of one I encountered. I am wondering what is the top rating of all the T.S. Cooley players? Who has the top Tactics Training rating of the Cooley group?