Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player (Comprehensive Chess Course Series) (Vol)

Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player (Comprehensive Chess Course Series) (Vol)

Nearly all chess games are won by basic tactical methods. This book makes these methods memorable and clear. It's been said that "tactics are 99% of chess." This third volume of the Comprehensive Chess Course teaches you the basic tools of winning chess with instructive and memorable examples. Grandmasters Alburt and Palatnik thoroughly explain hundreds of key positions arranged by difficulty and designed to sharpen tactical recognition and vision in your own games. Nothing is left to chance in this work. All materials have already shown their worth in Russian chess instruction. GM Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course brings English readers the once strictly guarded and time-tested Russian training methods, the key to the 50-year Russian dominance of world chess. Comprehensive Chess Course takes you from beginner to master. "Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player is ideal for both serious study and light entertainment. A highly instructive primer on tactics, the material here will never pall." ― Grandmaster Larry Evans, five-time U.S. chess champion Sam Palatnik teaches in Bethesda, Maryland. Ten of his students have reached the list of the world’s 100 best players. International Grandmaster Lev Alburt , three-time U.S. champion and former European champion, is one of the most sought-after chess teachers in the world. He lives in New York.