
How to become a chess tactics (puzzles) beast
Hey guys, As a chess player we would've solved chess tactics at some point. I am a regular tactics player myself. I am a very strong puzzle player myself. Now let's get to the topic. How do we get started, if you're new to this tactics stuff, Here's the thing, you have to remember these three points.
- Checks
- Captures
- Attacks
These three points is the fundamentals for any chess tactics.
Now let's take a look at this chess puzzle
Now how many of you got it right ? Let me know in the comments.
I did got this puzzle a few days ago correctly.
The important part is that you're luring the queen away from the d1 square so can gain access to the h5 square and go to f3 and win the queen at end of everything
It's a very high level puzzle, Can you imagine
This puzzle rating is 3412!!! 😱🤯
As simple as it seems that's a very hard puzzle according to the rating. See if you just use your brain 🧠 a little bit more and apply some logical thought process you can solve any chess problem.
Now try this endgame puzzle .
This one was a difficult puzzle, I admit that. when I did this I got correctly but I thought 🤔 for almost an hour calculating all the variations which was so frustrating.
But most of the time I get puzzles wrong and just get discouraged and but you shouldn't be like that. I know it can be very easy if you're in shape and if you're not, it can be difficult. You have to solve puzzles daily for an hour and solve 10 puzzles, it doesn't matter if you get all 10 right or wrong.
I did this and reached a rating above 4100 😱😱🤯, Now how's that 😎.
There is no secret to become a puzzle beast in day, It takes time. If you practice daily you can reach great heights. Good luck with your tactics journey 😃😃😃.