There's a bulletproof way to make a leap in your practical strength: solving puzzles.
Puzzles are a time-proven method of training. They face you with game-like situations.
Win material, draw the game... To find the solution you need to exercise tournament skills such as tactical awareness, time management and decision-making. The catch is that they help you fix the skills you use in solving them.
So do you want to build better attacks? Sacrifice with confidence? Spot loose pieces right away? Deliver mate like a Pro?
You can do so with the latest Gambit book now available on Chessable -
Chess Puzzles for Kids. A chess puzzle book with a difference!
What makes this course special is that the puzzles have been selected to illustrate recurring attacking themes and tactical patterns. Put in the work now so they come to you effortlessly in your games.
Chandler is the only ever GM from New Zealand and a former world-top 30. He's also the managing director of Gambit publications and a well-known author in his own right.
In this book, he has provided you a huge range of amazing tactical patterns.
So
you too can get familiar with them and start recognizing them in your own games.
Solve this selection of puzzles of his and you'll see your chess muscles grow for good.
"Learning to recognize standard patterns of chess pieces is a powerful way to improve your game." - Grandmaster Murray Chandler.
A small taste of what the course drills :
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Typical mating patterns: Arabian, Smothered, Boden... all you need to finish off your flashy attacks.
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Common tactical themes: the pin, skewer, discovered attacks, in-between moves and many more.
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Attacking situations: uncastled king, sacrifices on h7, attacks on g6 and e6.
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Opening traps: it's easy to miss a winning punch when playing the opening on auto-pilot so, don´t!
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Endgame tactics: these occur more often than you think, so always keep an eye open.
Learn like a kid. Improve like adult.
Don't let the title fool you! Even though the book is aimed at younger generations due to its heavy didactic nature,
improving adults can benefit from GM Murray's explanations and puzzles too.
Improve your pattern recognition and become the next-level attacker with GM Chandler's selection of puzzles and reach Murray's score for International Master standard.
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Chess Puzzles for Kids today!