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A follow-up to the bestselling "Improve Your Chess in 7 Days", this essential chess instructor is perfect for players who are desperate to brush up on their tactics but don't have time to devote to long hours of study. Handily arranged day by day, it is full of easy-to-follow advice on developing nifty tricks that will confound your opponent and help you win the game. It includes all the basic tactical skills such as pins, decoys, deflections, double attacks etc, then delves deeper, showing you how to harness them at various points of the game. It also contains a sprinkling of chess cartoons to keep you smiling as you read.Day 1: So You Want to Improve Your Tactics? Day 2: Understanding Tactics. Day 3: Develop Your Creativity. Day 4: Tactics in the Opening Day. Day 5: Tactics in the Middlegame. Day 6: Tactics in the Endgame. Day 7: Blunders and Brilliancies.Packed with tips and tricks, this book's clear, no-nonsense style makes it the ideal companion for sharpening your tactics - quickly. Arranged in handy day-by-day format, this book will give a valuable boost to your tactical skills. Clear, no-nonsense style makes it easy and accessible to all chess players. Author is a well-known chess trainer.
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Australian chess champion and Player of the Year for 2004, Gary Lane is a prolific and popular chess author. He has written over a dozen titles, including Find the Winning Move (ISBN 0713488719), Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black (0173489502) and Improve Your Chess in 7 Days (9780713490503). He lives in Australia.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
The chessboard consists of 64 squares on an 8x8 board. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There was some interesting advice and trivia here, and I read the 7 chapters in 7 days as the title suggested. But the level was mixed up there is a very basic glossary at the back and yet some advanced analysis on the Worrall attack.
It was a light entertaining book but to be honest there are some really top class chess books around now so I cannot justify a 5 star rating for this.
It was a light entertaining book but to be honest there are some really top class chess books around now so I cannot justify a 5 star rating for this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I no longer have much time to look at chess what with the kids, work and cleaning the car. This is the sort of book I like where I actually think I am improving as I go along. At 224 pages it will take a while to read but I have even read it on the train while commuting. An easy to read style and few chess cartoons make it likeable.
Newer players will certainly learn a lot as long as they have a basic grasp of the game and can read chess notation.
Overall I can warmly recommend this book to players rated up to 2000.
Newer players will certainly learn a lot as long as they have a basic grasp of the game and can read chess notation.
Overall I can warmly recommend this book to players rated up to 2000.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As always with Gary Lanes' books, entertaining and perceptive. I am enjoying, and learning. His examples are good, and his comments enlightening.
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