Tactics Time 2: 1001 More Chess Tactics from the Games of Everyday Players

Tactics Time #2

by Tim Brennan, Anthea Carson

Thousands of beginners and casual chess players have improved by studying the tactical examples in Tactics Time 1. Now Tim Brennan and Anthea Carson are back with more real chess tactics from the games of players like you. Tactics Time 2 presents 1001 fresh and instructive positions that Tim and Anthea have assembled from real amateur chess games. Forget about grandmaster and master games and just spend your time and energy on relatively simple patterns like a knight fork, an overloaded piece or a weak back rank. After working with Tactics Time 2 you will not only know how to easily spot tactical shots, but you will also improve your game generally, gain confidence, use less time on the clock and start beating more opponents. Tim and Anthea say: don t waste your time on studying chess puzzles you might never encounter again!"

Genres: Chess, Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 8, 2013

Reviews

[Anthea Carson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrific sequel to Tactics Time, one thousand more real chess puzzles from real games. This book will significantly improve your chess game and your mind. Like Sudoku, chess puzzles help keep your brain young and elastic.

[Dan Warren · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was another fantastic collection of tactical puzzles. I love how Brennan and Carson focus on the types of positions that commonly arise in games - which means they're not always beautiful or spectacular, but they are the types of positions that will win games for you.

Very highly recommended as a practical and effective chess training tool for beginner and intermediate players!

[Ulises Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb book!

The book was great help for me. I can see now many tactics going on in my games. Thank you for the book. One comment though, this link doea not work http://tacticstime.com/newsletter

[George Stenger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book on chess tactics. I read the Kindle version. There is one puzzle per page, and the rank and files are labeled on the diagram. The graphics are clean and crisp. The answers are on the following page. This should be the norm, but I have purchased many chess tactics books and unfortunately many do not label the rank and files. Even more concerning is that many of the Kindle version of the books the graphics are so poor that it is distracting.

The puzzles are from actual games and/or variations from those games. It is a very realistic reflection on what you will see in tournaments. Some of the puzzles are easy and some are much more difficult which is realistic. The book helps you see critical patterns that chess players should know.

I teach chess at a local grade school, and this is one that I highly recommend. I bought paper copies for my students, and they are more of an eye chart for me, and the solutions are at the end of the page. I find the Kindle version much better.

Very highly recommended.