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for Beginners
·
Franco Masetti & Roberto Messa
Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa
1001
chess
•
exerc1ses
for
beginners
The tactics workbook that explains
the basic concepts, too
New In Chess 2012
2012 New In Chess
©
Le due Torri 2006-2008
English edition published by New In Chess, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
www.newinchess.com
1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners
Translated from 1001 Esercizi per Principianti
This edition is published by arrangement with Le Due Torri - Chess Department
Store - Italy- www.chess.it
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission from
the publisher.
Translation: Richard Jones
Cover design: Volken Beck
ISBN 978-90-5691-397-7
Mate in one
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7
Mate in two
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13
The missing piece
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25
Double attack
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29
Discovered attack
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35
Discovered check
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39
Double check
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43
Pin
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47
Skewer
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53
Deflection
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57
Decoy sacrifice
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61
Pawn promotion
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65
Drawing tactics
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71
Mixed motifs:White
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75
Mixed motifs: Black
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93
Mate in three
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109
Mate in four
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117
Curiosities
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121
Solutions
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125
Glossary
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144
Chess is 99% tactics!
If this celebrated observation is true for the master, how much more
so for the beginner and club player.
By far and away, the quickest and most effective way to improve your
chess performance is to increase your tactical skill so that at a glance
you are able to see the typical mating patterns and material-winning
tactical motifs that so often decide a game. There is no doubt that the
best way to acquire good tactical vision is to do exercises that teach you
to recognise the tactical building blocks that make up every
combination. This book focuses on the crucial positions that every chess
player must know. It cannot be stressed enough that a knowledge of
strategy is of little use if you have not first mastered the fundamentals
of tactics.
This book starts with hundreds of essential mating positions that train
immediate visual recognition; first there are the easier mate in one or
two move exercises; then there are exercises for various crucial tactical
motifs that must be mastered by any aspiring chess player; these are
followed by more demanding positions where these various motifs are
often combined.
While the easier problems can be solved without a chess board, we
suggest that for the more difficult ones you set up the positions on a
board and try to find the solution as if you were playing a real game.
You should therefore not touch or move the pieces before having made
your decision, perhaps writing down the possible variations before you
check the solutions at the back of the book.
The introductions to each chapter are particularly instructive. It is
here that we explain the ideas behind crucial tactical motifs such as
double attack, the pin and skewer, as well as pawn promotion, drawing
techniques, etc.
This book is intended not only for personal use, but also as a course
text book. We have thus consulted leading teachers and masters with
extensive training experience working in chess academies and club
courses so as to best identify the most productive positions and
exercises to use.
Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa
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