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Practical Chess Exercises: 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy |  | Author: Ray Cheng
Publisher: Wheatmark
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 9317
Media: Paperback
Pages: 216
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1587368013
Dewey Decimal Number: 794
EAN: 9781587368011
ASIN: 1587368013
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
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Raise your chess to the next level with this program of 600 instructive and challenging exercises covering all aspects of the game. This book will sharpen your tactical vision, deepen your positional understanding, and enrich your knowledge of theoretical positions. It will also strengthen your analytical skills, and instill a sound move selection process. Win more games and increase your enjoyment of chess!
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 Possibly the Most Useful Chess Book October 18, 2009
Tillamook Bay (Bay City, OR USA)
Adding my voice to the praises! Each diagram in this book puts you into the game with no hint as to what you're looking for. You might have a quick tactical win, or you might have to find the only successful defensive move, or there could be a novel positional opportunity.
I do one or two exercises each morning after reading my blog subscriptions. The diagrams show up wonderfully on the Kindle, and if you want to email one to a friend you can get a screen shot using the Shift-Alt-G key combination. You can also use Kindle's search function to find diagrams by category (which appear in the headings on the solution page that follows the diagram page) or by searching for tags (labels that you can add in your own notes).
If you play chess and own a Kindle you need to get this!
Learn your Weaknesses August 25, 2009
Curcu (Argentina)
For a 1600-1800 player is an excellent daily practice book.Only half an Hour for 6 exercises (a page)and you get in months a list of Self-improvement areas.I bought it in November 08',and started a rereading in last June and discovered my FourBigMisses: Knights moving backward,Heavy Pieces in horizontally moves,laziness in "out of the Book" Openings and hastiness in Endings.
A Chess Book for All Seasons July 24, 2009
Richard Wirtz (Knoxville, TN USA)
This is an excellent book. If you are just beginning, you may find most of the 600 problems too hard. If you're an advanced player, you may find them too easy. If you're somewhere in between, you will almost certainly benefit from the book. Though there are some end-game problems, most of them are middle-game, which is my weak area. Ray Cheng encourages you to work out your own answer (black to move -- what? -- where? -- why?) and then consult his answers. I find his suggestions to be insightful and his reasons persuasive. If you happen to play chess on-line, the book is perfectly adapted to that, since on-line you tend to forget what your plan was, so each turn confronts you in effect with a new board -- which is exactly what Cheng does. I suspect that if you play in real time, you find the book just as helpful -- it would encourage you to stand back every so often and take a fresh look at the board. I am a fan.
 Practical Chess Exercises: 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy July 14, 2009
Scruffy (Arkansas, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What makes this book unique is the random presentation of problems where the type of theme or solution is not presented before hand. You get a position and who's move it is. This is much more challenging than say books on tactics that present 20 problems on say "discovered attack".
Very challenging and worth the effort to work through the problems. It sharpens your chess sense to look for strong moves whether they are tactical combinations or positional improvement. Not for most beginners. Intermediate to strong players will sharpen their play. (Review by USCF high B level player.)
Chess Problems June 13, 2009
W. S. Mohn (Traphill, NC USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book of practical chess problems presented in game positions. There are different kinds of problems presented without any hint about what kind of solution is needed, e.g., mate, material gain, stalemate, positional gain. Therfore, the problems are very game like. Highly Recommended.
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