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Most chess puzzle books put you in an artificial situation: you are told a combination exists, what the theme is and what you are required to achieve. This one is different. In a real game situation, a player may sometimes need to find a combination. On the other hand, he/she may need to reject a tactical idea and simply find a good positional move. The task is to find the right move, whatever it may be. The puzzles in this book put you in precisely that situation. John Nunn, a top-class grandmaster and one of the world's best chess solvers, has selected 250 positions to test your skills to the full. In each case you are challenged to find the right move. Spectacular ideas abound in these positions, but it is for you to decide whether to go in for them, or whether you would be falling into a trap. If you need them, there are hints to help you on your way.
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Gambit Publications specializes in chess and has an unrivalled reputation for originality and editorial excellence. The company is owned and staffed entirely by leading chess masters and grandmasters.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The extended edition of the book gets even better. The problems are well selected to illustrate various concepts and key ideas in chess, especially combinational vision and intuition. The presentation format is brilliant; for each problem there is a hint at the end of the book, where one could see the difficulty rating of the problem and more importantly there is a small observation of weaknesses in a given position and how one could try to explore them. This makes solving difficult problems more enjoyable, developing a good habit to analyze positions first and then find a plan of action. Hints help also to cope with problems that are slightly beyond the present ability, which is a good way for training. At the very end of the book the full solution is given with one or two diagrams to guide the reader's eye through the tree of key variations. I have a dozen of chess puzzle books, but this one is my absolutely favorite!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is a review of John Nunn's Chess puzzle book - New enlarged edition.
I enjoy trying to solve the chess problems in daily papers but I usually find it only takes a minute or two to crack them. Not much of a challenge. I suspect that they are designed be solved during a train commute or a short tea break. I wanted something a bit more testing so I chose John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book. It is a thickish paper back of about 230 pages, over 250 puzzles and many chess diagrams and has a good look and feel to it. In the introduction John Nunn explains that the puzzles are rated on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 the easiest and 5 being the hardest and that only levels 1 and 2 suitable for casual solving on a train. Also there is nothing to say exactly what the solution requires e.g. a mate in 3 as this reflects the situation in a real game. If you get stuck there is a hint on a different page but the hints do not give the whole solution. The hint also says what difficulty level the puzzle is. I have attempted to solve 50 or so puzzles so far and I do find them a real test. What I have started to do is take a quick glance at the hints pages and identify which are the level 1 and 2 puzzles as I can usually make good progress with them. The level 5s are really beyond me - at the moment. I set up the position on my chess board and work through the puzzle without distractions - just like in a real game. I like that. I know I am not able to solve many of these puzzles but this is exactly the book I was looking for - one that would prove a challenge and teach me at the same time. Check Mate!
I enjoy trying to solve the chess problems in daily papers but I usually find it only takes a minute or two to crack them. Not much of a challenge. I suspect that they are designed be solved during a train commute or a short tea break. I wanted something a bit more testing so I chose John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book. It is a thickish paper back of about 230 pages, over 250 puzzles and many chess diagrams and has a good look and feel to it. In the introduction John Nunn explains that the puzzles are rated on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 the easiest and 5 being the hardest and that only levels 1 and 2 suitable for casual solving on a train. Also there is nothing to say exactly what the solution requires e.g. a mate in 3 as this reflects the situation in a real game. If you get stuck there is a hint on a different page but the hints do not give the whole solution. The hint also says what difficulty level the puzzle is. I have attempted to solve 50 or so puzzles so far and I do find them a real test. What I have started to do is take a quick glance at the hints pages and identify which are the level 1 and 2 puzzles as I can usually make good progress with them. The level 5s are really beyond me - at the moment. I set up the position on my chess board and work through the puzzle without distractions - just like in a real game. I like that. I know I am not able to solve many of these puzzles but this is exactly the book I was looking for - one that would prove a challenge and teach me at the same time. Check Mate!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I expect John Nunn put a good 10 times as much work into this book as does the usual puzzle book compiler and maybe much more. The innovative layout where each puzzle gives one page number for a hint and a second page number for the solution works extremely well. If you're stuck then a glance at the hints section gives you an indication of how hard the puzzle is, which helps in deciding whether to press on. Nunn suggests that only problems rated 1 or 2 are suitable for solving on a train journey. The solutions are discussed fully, with a diagram, and I find I don't need a chess set to follow them. There is an emphasis on learning something from the problems.
The general standard of difficulty is quite high and I wouldn't expect a weak player to be able to solve any of the problems. It's not a suitable book for a someone who's recently learnt the moves but it's the best puzzle book I've seen for middling club players up to masters. Nunn has eschewed printing the old favourites one sees in most puzzle books.
The general standard of difficulty is quite high and I wouldn't expect a weak player to be able to solve any of the problems. It's not a suitable book for a someone who's recently learnt the moves but it's the best puzzle book I've seen for middling club players up to masters. Nunn has eschewed printing the old favourites one sees in most puzzle books.
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