Tactical Training
eBook - ePub

Tactical Training

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eBook - ePub

Tactical Training

About this book

It is hard to understate the importance of tactic ability to overall chess proficiency. Of course other elements such as a knowledge of opening play and an understanding of strategy are also important. However, it is undoubtedly the case that 99% of games are won or lost because one player either spots or overlooks a tactic. Consider your own games and just imagine how much stronger you would be if you never overlooked a tactical idea. The good news is that your tactical ability is not some genetically-acquired unalterable trait. Tactical ability can always be improved through the application of diligent practice. Tactical themes are repetitive. The same arrangements of pieces occur again and again and a continual study of the subtle interactions between the forces will inevitably lead to a greater sharpness in actual play. In Tactical Training, experienced chess coach and prolific author Cyrus Lakdawala guides the reader through numerous tactical themes. Topics include:• Checkmating patterns.• The 32 major combinational concepts.• Numerous positions ranked in terms of level of difficulty.The final chapter focuses on a 2020 online match between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, currently the top two ranked players in blitz, the form of chess where tactics predominate.

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Information

Publisher
Popular Chess
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781781945797

Table of contents

  1. About the Author
  2. Bibliography
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 Various Mating Patterns
  5. 2 Shorter Mates
  6. 3 Longer Mates
  7. 4 Annihilation of Defensive Barrier/Obliteration/Demolition of Structure
  8. 5 Clearance/Line Opening
  9. 6 Decoy/Attraction/Removal of the Guard
  10. 7 Defensive Combinations
  11. 8 Deflection
  12. 9 Desperado
  13. 10 Discovered Attack
  14. 11 Double Attack
  15. 12 Drawing Combinations
  16. 13 Fortress
  17. 14 Greek Gift Sacrifice
  18. 15 Interference/Obstruction
  19. 16 Knight Fork(s)
  20. 17 Overloaded Defender(s)
  21. 18 Paralysed Piece(s)
  22. 19 Pawn Promotion/Pawn Breakthrough
  23. 20 Perpetual Check
  24. 21 Pins
  25. 22 Queen Sacrifice
  26. 23 Simplification
  27. 24 Skewer
  28. 25 Stalemate
  29. 26 Undermining/Removal of the Guard
  30. 27 Underpromotion
  31. 28 Weak Back Rank
  32. 29 Windmill
  33. 30 X-ray
  34. 31 Zugzwang
  35. 32 Zwischenzug
  36. 33 Match of the Titans: Carlsen versus Nakamura