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I am Ritobroto. I have a standard rating of 1200-1300. Pls suggest the best tactics book.
There are some good books on tactics for your level in this list...
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
Chess Tactics for Champion by Polgar
1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners by Masetti
https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tactics-Champions-step-step/dp/081293671X
https://www.amazon.com/1001-Chess-Exercises-Beginners-Workbook/dp/9056913972
Oct 7, 2017
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#4
For tactics you should use better an app, try for example Chessimo or CT-Art 4.0. If you really do all the exercises from one of these apps you will win against most people playing here. Books are only good if you want to train your visualisation or if you don't mind spending most of your training time setting the positions. Chessimo begins with very easy exercises, so don't worry about your rating. If you need something on endgames and openings, try Chessable, by far the best website to learn with spaced repetition. There you have to train online.
Thanks torrubirubi i will try that
I would say these two for endgames and openings
https://www.amazon.com/Van-Perlos-Endgame-Tactics-Comprehensive/dp/9056914944
https://www.chessable.com/opening-book/im-john-bartholomews-scandinavian/79/
Oct 8, 2017
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#7
For endgame I highly recommend a free book in Chessable. A guy did a book for his students and placed in Chessable for everyone who is interested to learn basic stuff. If you finish it you should buy "100 Endgame You Should Know", also available in Chessable.
torrubirubi wrote:
For endgame I highly recommend a free book in Chessable. A guy did a book for his students and placed in Chessable for everyone who is interested to learn basic stuff. If you finish it you should buy "100 Endgame You Should Know", also available in Chessable.
Thanks Torri. Can you provide the name or link to the endgame book?
Lev Alburt's two Chess Training Pocket Books are excellent...important thematic positions presented in a puzzle format...these are much more instructive and you will learn more from these books than the average chess tactics puzzle books...
Oct 8, 2017
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#11
Here is a free file on Chessable called Basic Endgames:
https://www.chessable.com/endgame-book/basic-endgames/6371/
For tactics, Ward Farnsworth's Predator at the Chessboard is also available for free online at:
It has very clear explanations of the most common tactical devices and a useful bibliography.
GM Susan Polgar's Chess Tactics for Champions is one of the more thorough book I've seen with plenty of exercises.
