Encyclopedia of Chess Minatures from Chess Informant 1636 short games I play through these games with a chess clock and real board and men at home it can definitely sharpen your tactical awareness and alertness for all kinds of booby traps and pitfalls the games in the book are from 1560-2014 when you incorporate them in your tactical DNA you can use them to terrorize your opponents who will be on the recieving end of them. All kinds of danger in this book.
1000 Best Shortgames of Chess by Irving Chernev (In descriptive notation)
This is an older book (games are from 19th-20th century) there's alot of meat in it Walter Browne said in his book Stress of Chess he studied it he said it improved his tactical game made it up to 800 to 900 games then he quit when you start playing through them again and again and again it can sharpen your sense it feels like running track or a marathon at first you get tired out of breath but when you get better at it and more into it you go faster and faster and deeper in the book and want to reach the end of it.
The Bible on crime and punishment for blunders and horribe moves commited in the opening in 13 moves or less for sharpening your killer instincts in the opening you can't do better there are over 2000 games in it.
For Improving at Tactics sharpening your sense of danger and killer instincts..........
Encyclopedia of Chess Minatures by Chess Informant
http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Chess-Miniatures-Branko-Tadic/dp/8672970713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419389915&sr=8-1&keywords=encyclopedia+of+chess+miniatures
Encyclopedia of Chess Minatures from Chess Informant 1636 short games I play through these games with a chess clock and real board and men at home it can definitely sharpen your tactical awareness and alertness for all kinds of booby traps and pitfalls the games in the book are from 1560-2014 when you incorporate them in your tactical DNA you can use them to terrorize your opponents who will be on the recieving end of them. All kinds of danger in this book.
1000 Best Shortgames of Chess by Irving Chernev (In descriptive notation)
http://www.amazon.com/1000-Best-Short-Games-Chess/dp/B0011EE6AE
This is an older book (games are from 19th-20th century) there's alot of meat in it Walter Browne said in his book Stress of Chess he studied it he said it improved his tactical game made it up to 800 to 900 games then he quit when you start playing through them again and again and again it can sharpen your sense it feels like running track or a marathon at first you get tired out of breath but when you get better at it and more into it you go faster and faster and deeper in the book and want to reach the end of it.
The Quickest Chess Victories by Graham Burgess
http://www.amazon.com/Quickest-Chess-Victories-All-Time/dp/1857445384/ref=asap_B00NB66HIY?ie=UTF8
The Bible on crime and punishment for blunders and horribe moves commited in the opening in 13 moves or less for sharpening your killer instincts in the opening you can't do better there are over 2000 games in it.