On Jun 14, 12:40 pm, Ron wrote:

"R.P." wrote:
currently I read "chess tactic for advanced player" from Averbakh and I like
the book very much because it tries to break down the combinations and tactic
patterns into elementary atoms. So it does not only present examples and
exercises
but develops a theory of chess tactic. Who knows other books about chess
tactic
which are written in the same manner ?

The truth is that there really isn't that much "theory" of chess
tactics. Once you've gone through that elementary stuff once or twice,
it's really all about drilling, and pushing yourself to see more and
more through practicing harder and harder problems.

In my opinion, once you've got the basics down, it's probably a good
idea to pick up a drilling program like CT-Art of Chess Tactics for
Intermediates and just focus on that.


A lot of it consists in familiarity with different types of
positions, which is obtained over the course of years
of practice. But things can be broken down into the
various types or motifs of tactics, such as fork, pin,
skewer, back rank mate and so forth. In addition to
books like the one mentioned earlier, there are of
course the ultimate tactical training devices known to
man: computers! Q: Deep Fritz, how many moves do
you see ahead? A: Only sixteen -- but that's much more
than world champion Kramnik sees, when there is an
obvious mate on the move!

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