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Stipe24

I have read quite a bit lately, and I ran into a book by Danny Gormally - Mating the Castled King.
The opening of the book, the first 200 pages or so, contain 160 "Puzzles" or rather positions with solutions where you seek the way to mate or continue the attack, sorted by motifs.

So you get back positions where Bishop and a Rook coordinate, rank mates, Bishop clearance, Bishop and Knight coordination, Queen and Knight coordination, Breakthrough on the g-file, and so on, each with half a dozen to dozen combinations all with the same motif.

I am very satisfied with how that works and I think it is a great way to work.
They aren't sorted by "mate in 3" principles where each is a way different position, but rather by a more logical concept of drilling the key factor in the positions.

Does anyone know any other books that have similar content?

jambyvedar

Try 1001 Deadly Checkmates by Nunn. Excellent puzzle book. This is the book you are looking for.

https://www.amazon.com/1001-Deadly-Checkmates-John-Nunn/dp/1906454256

RussBell

Two books, which I think are better than average, and which appear to fit your requirements are...

"Winning Chess..." by Irving Chernev & Fred Reinfeld

https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Perfect-Attacking-Batsford/dp/1849941106/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470876656&sr=1-2&keywords=Winning+chess

"Chess Tactics From Scratch..." by Martin Weteschnik

https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tactics-Scratch-Understanding/dp/1907982027/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470876782&sr=1-1&keywords=chess+tactics+from+scratch

Sqod

Palatnik, Sam, and Lev Alburt. 2013. Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player. New York, NY: Chess Information & Research Center.

Bawker

Chess Tactics (Paul Littlewood)

 

https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tactics-Batsford-Book/dp/0713489340/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470880885&sr=8-1

 

Thin, but well organized and good material.

Stipe24

Thank you all for the recommendations. I got almost all of those.

 

1001 checkmates is brilliant. Exactly what I was looking for.

Chess tactics is a great manual, as well.

And I like Palatnik's and Littlewood's work, too.

Many thanks!