5334
If anyone at all follows this blog, that person would have noticed that I am writing after a long time and in a break from tradition, have named my blog post 5334.
As an IB student, procrastination get holds of me sometimes(read quite often) and I head to Quora when I should be completing an assignment. Now quora.com is a pretty amazing site and one of their top writers, James Altucher is also a very strong chess player( USCF - 2204). Even though he writes about many things, he has often said he owes a lot to chess. One of the questions asked him what is his favorite chess book and he replied by giving the name of the chess book compiled by Laszlo Polgar for his 3 daughters.
On going through that book, I found that it contained exactly.... you guessed it.... 5334 puzzles. Some are easy and some are quite challenging. This huge repository ingrains a variety of patterns through repetition. Not only could I now use it to improve my own abilities but also take puzzles from this book to my class and then let the students see how I went solving it following which they will attempt them on their own.
Here I have attached some of the puzzles that were enjoyed by my class. Good luck solving them