Winning Chess Tactics by Bill Robertie

by Bill Robertie

Beginning and intermediate players learn how to overwhelm opponents with the power of pins, forks, double attacks, skewers, discovered checks, and other tactics to become winning chess players!Perfect for beginning and intermediate players who want to immediately raise their level of play, Winning Chess Tactics shows them how to destroy opponents with powerful traps and tactics! Readers learn tactics that win pieces, gain massive positional advantages, and overwhelm unprepared players on the other side of the board. Each tactical concept is fully explained using examples, game situations and diagrams so readers understand the tactics and game plan behind the moves. Tons of situational diagrams and examples along with insightful comments on traps and tactics make this a powerful guide for chess players ready to take the next step.

Genres: Chess, Nonfiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1996

Reviews

[Karl Gruenewald · Rating 4 out of 5]

A succinct book with straightforward explanations and puzzles that will be invaluable to new players, and worth a read for anyone rated around 1000 ELO. More advanced players won't learn anything new, though it's a fun read regardless. On the whole the writing and presentation are excellent; my biggest critique is that the presentation of problems is occasionally flawed. Robertie will show the reader a diagram with the prompt "white/black to move," only to reveal in the following paragraph that an additional move is made and it's in fact the opposite colour who has the tactic. Good for exaplaining the logic of the tactics to beginners and demonstrating the circumstances leading up to them, but confusing for those trying to solve each puzzle as it comes up.

[Jose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is abotu chess tactics. These chess tactics arent chess moves. The tactics are about different ways to keep your side protected. This book help me out alot.

[Mackie Welch · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lame. Unless of course you're looking for a faux confidence boost that will never translate to actual games...

[Jim Skinner · Rating 4 out of 5]

It helped broaden my viewpoint on chess moves.