Predator at the Chessboard, a site/two volume book, and Chess Tactics for Students, a workbook-style book available from Amazon, are good places to start. I'm not a pro player, but these two sources were invaluable to me as far as tactics go.
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I hear ya about the timer thing, but it conditions you to figure it out quickly.
When I face these problems if I dont know the answer when the timer runs out I still dont answer it until i find the solution. So what if I lose points, I still learn from it.
Tactics trainer is alot better than tactics books in my openion.
Hello everyone. I just registered moments ago and now I'm making my first new topic! Woohoo! Moving on...
I'm very interested in improving my chess A LOT. After lots of research it appears to me that a beginner must first ground himself in tactics before any progress can be made. I have Reasses Your Chess and An Amateur's Mind to move to after I have made solid progress in my tactics.
My Question to you is this: If you were making a tactics program for a beginning student, what books/websites/etc. would you include and in what order? I want to have enough problems that I can continue my study for 6-12 months at about 25-50 per day. I'd like the problems to be progressive and start at the basics and at a very high level of difficulty.
I found Chess Tactics Trainer, but I don't like how you're graded on time. If everyone says its awesome then I guess I will just stick with it, but I'm wondering if there is better stuff out there.
Thanks for the help!