so i have a chess book called 1001 chess exercises for club players and it has a variety of chess puzzles with different type of things like discovered attacks and forks or 2 things together.
my main question right now is that do you just out the puzzles on like a board editor and then play until i am finished with what i am required to do or do i just play all the moves from black and white. please help me before i become insane.
An excerpt is available from that book online at Amazon.com. The part I read shows that the author goes to great lengths to explain to you what you are supposed to do. Several examples are provided in each section before the actual exercises.
To complete the exercises, you should be able to work out the best options for both sides in your head. He says that the book is aimed at players rated from 1500 to 2000. Your ratings here indicate that the exercises may be beyond your current level. He says that most solutions are at least 5 ply deep-- meaning you aren't looking for mate in 1. Here is one example from the "Eliminating the Defense" chapter:
In the exercises, you have to come up with moves like 22 Ba7 on your own and you should have worked through all or most of the possible lines after your move in your head. It is not enough to just guess a move. You have to think about what your opponent might do in response and keep going beyond that. If you want to get better, you have to think more deeply.
You can of course set up the examples on a board to follow along with the analysis provided in order to better understand.
However, I think you should attempt to solve the exercises in your head, i.e., without working through them on a board.
so i have a chess book called 1001 chess exercises for club players and it has a variety of chess puzzles with different type of things like discovered attacks and forks or 2 things together.
my main question right now is that do you just out the puzzles on like a board editor and then play until i am finished with what i am required to do or do i just play all the moves from black and white. please help me before i become insane.