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Of course, Lichess also has a puzzle trainer, but they're all user-submitted and some are inaccurate.
Good place to learn tactics other than the TT on chess.com
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Apr 10, 2018
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I tried several websites, but by far the most effective is Chessable.com. For your level I think you could start with “Improve your chess tactics” by Neishtadt and later you can try “The TP chess puzzle book”. Perhaps you can find there also something for your endgame and opening. A lot of people playing here are also in Chessable.
Apr 10, 2018
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I didn’t try “The TP chess puzzle book”, but I know that it is rather though, with a similar level like Aagaard’s books.
Apr 11, 2018
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@dragon yes! I personally know of two people who have “gotten lucky “ using this site. You would be surprised!
sure! Here is an example game I played with a 1500 in the Cincinnati open last weekend(game lasted 4 hours). This was my first long tournament so fatigue might account for the mistakes in the second half of the game(like blundering the knight). But at some point around move 21 I had almost a 3 point advantage according to stockfish so there was a move sequence that was completely winning that I missed somewhere. That's what I mean by strategy based tactic
chessable has some cool tactics "repoitoires" but i think most cost some $ (maybe one free one)
one book that really helped with tactics was "chess tactics antennae" which addresses the situations where tactics arise as well as the tactics themselves
i have a couple of books (bain's tactics for students? and a heisman book too) these are ok too but i find my chessable book is more convenient (1001 chess exercises)
i also practice on another online tactics trainer- it's a good compliment to chess.com's
one book that really helped with tactics was "chess tactics antennae" which addresses the situations where tactics arise as well as the tactics themselves
i have a couple of books (bain's tactics for students? and a heisman book too) these are ok too but i find my chessable book is more convenient (1001 chess exercises)
i also practice on another online tactics trainer- it's a good compliment to chess.com's
fwiw i think chess.com tactics trainer is a great place to "test" your tactics training
Yeah its funny I coudve won on the last move playing Qd5 instead of Qc8 because I threaten the pawn and mate in 2 at the same time @ghost_of_pushwood
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Buy a tactic book
Apr 12, 2018
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Anyara wrote:
Commenting to follow the thread.
Of course, Lichess also has a puzzle trainer, but they're all user-submitted and some are inaccurate.
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Most online tools are great at testing your tactical ability, but not so good at teaching. That is, you get a random position with a random tactic: you don't know if it's a fork, a mate, an undefended piece or whathaveyou. It's very hard to learn this way. It would be like having a school test, but the first question is on math, the second English, third science and so on. It's hard to focus, we don't know what to look for and we improve slowly if at all.
Using the same metaphor, if you wanted to ace your upcoming math test, you would study each unit until you mastered it: addition first, then multiplication, then alegebra, etc. You solve dozens and dozens of one before moving on. Similar with chess, the best tactical improvement, I believe, comes from studying similar motifs over and over again.
A good tactical book will be organized by theme, such as forks or pins, and then increase in difficulty. This is the ideal way to learn, I believe, as you'll be building up your pattern recognition in a systematic way, rather than just viewing random tactics after random tactics.
Said another way, tactical trainers like TT are good at showing what we know and what we need to work on, but they aren't the best at teaching us on what we need to work. A good book will do this. Pick one and go.
Apr 12, 2018
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SmithyQ wrote:
Most online tools are great at testing your tactical ability, but not so good at teaching. That is, you get a random position with a random tactic: you don't know if it's a fork, a mate, an undefended piece or whathaveyou. It's very hard to learn this way. It would be like having a school test, but the first question is on math, the second English, third science and so on. It's hard to focus, we don't know what to look for and we improve slowly if at all.
Using the same metaphor, if you wanted to ace your upcoming math test, you would study each unit until you mastered it: addition first, then multiplication, then alegebra, etc. You solve dozens and dozens of one before moving on. Similar with chess, the best tactical improvement, I believe, comes from studying similar motifs over and over again.
A good tactical book will be organized by theme, such as forks or pins, and then increase in difficulty. This is the ideal way to learn, I believe, as you'll be building up your pattern recognition in a systematic way, rather than just viewing random tactics after random tactics.
Said another way, tactical trainers like TT are good at showing what we know and what we need to work on, but they aren't the best at teaching us on what we need to work. A good book will do this. Pick one and go.
chess.com's TT let's you choose tactics themes, but it will be unrated
Tactical book is the best way to become better in tactics.
This is a very good tactical book , i recommand.
https://www.amazon.com/Combinations-Heart-Chess-Dover/dp/0486217442
Hello,
i'm trying to improve my rating from the 1600-1700 level. I was wondering if someone knows of a good website or book that will help me improve on tactics. I'm about 2100 on the chess.com TT but I felt it really hasn't helped me anymore at this point. My problem lies in tournaments when I achieve winning positions and mess up a complex strategy based tactic to basically win the game. Any help is greatly appreciated!