- ISBN13: 9789197524421
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‘Chess is 99% tactics’ is an old saying. This may be an exaggeration, but even the remaining 1% still depends on tactics. When Martin Weteschnik started working as a trainer in his local chess club, he quickly realized that even the stronger club players had great weaknesses in their tactical play. He also discovered that simply asking them to solve a huge number of puzzles did not fix the problem. These players clearly needed a good book, but when Weteschnik looked for it he found nothing suitable, so he decided to write it himself. But Weteschnik was not completely satisfied with the book and decided to restructure and rewrite it completely.
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Chess tactics is difficult enough. This book makes the subject even more so. The review of tactical themes and specific examples is okay, but you can get the same from any number of books. This book does not simplify. I sent it back.
Amazon User Rating: 1 / 5
Were not too few exercises I would give this book 5 stars. From the content of the book, Martin Weteschnik had in fact pay a lot of effort trying to teach us tactics. But unfortunately he forgot the proverb ” practice makes perfect. ” Just 4 exercise per chapter is not enough!!! I think any kind of this book should include at least 200 exercises, may not need to be from real games, but it should gives us more practice. May be in the second edition of this book, Martin Weteschnik can give us more examples. So for those one who has finished reading this book, they should buy, John Nunn’s Learn Chess Tactics, another two books is one from Lev Alburt’s pocket book for traing and most of all, ” Sharpen your tactics, ” in this book you would find 1125 ground – breathing exercises. ( Though I would say in fact most and not all 1125 exercise are all that exciting ).
Amazon User Rating: 3 / 5
I disagree with the rating range for this book another reviewer suggested this book being for players rated 1800-2200. I do think that this book can be
read after Learn Chess Tactics By John Nunn. I am also inclined to believe that this book could be made better but cant explain exactly what it needs.
I believe this book is worthwile to be re-read.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
This is a gem. Its strengths are the highly interesting examples and its ability to improve your board vision. No chessboard or computer needed.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
The benefit one gains in a field/skill/subject is a function of their current proficiency and the level of the material being presented. (Trying to teach breath control to a rifleman before he is correctly and consistently constructing a bone-bridge or trying to teach trigonometry before the basic elements/rules of algebra have been learned would illustrate this.)
What does the book teach? –The book is geared toward helping a person determine more quickly if the elements of a tactical shot exist on the board and exploiting them.
Who would benefit most from this book? –A person who has already made a preliminary/elementary study of tactics would see the most benefit. (i.e. familiarity with pins, skewers, x-ray attacks, forks, discovered attacks, double checks, basic mating patterns, etc.)
Who is this book aimed at? –I am loathe to give an elo rating range for the book, since such a rating does not indicate in what facet a player is strong or weak. If push comes to shove, I would estimate players between 1300 and 1700 would see the greatest benefit, with diminishing returns for players from 1700 to 2000.
Where does this book fit in a planned study of the game? –As noted in another review, the book is not packed with illustrative examples. I don’t “ding” the book for that. That would be for “homework” after the lessons have been given. (A rifleman needs thousands of dry-firing exercises, a pianist needs hundreds of hours of finger exercises and a chess tactician needs to work hundreds of practice positions. The teacher need not be present during practice sessions.) I would strongly recommend following this book with the study of several hundred tactical positions – ideally, without any hint of motif. If you are considering de la Maza’s study plan (from his book Rapid Chess Improvement), give serious consideration to starting with this book first – it will lay a solid foundation for improving one’s view of the board.
Why the rating? –4/5 not because of a deficiency I can point to, but simply because I believe a work must be astounding to merit a full 5/5 rating and I can’t give 4.5/5 here.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5