Chess Tactics for Students

by John A. Bain, Robert P. Mitchell (Editor)

Book by Bain, John A.

Genres: Chess, Nonfiction, Reference

252 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

A tactics book recommended for beginners by NM Dan Heisman. For my level, the entire book was super easy - approximately 2-5 second solve time for each problem. I'm going through Heisman's list to hopefully fill any holes in my game that maybe I missed, fundamentally. This would be a great book for someone that is literally *new* to chess and looking for their first tactics book after having learned how the pieces move and the game's associated rules. One thing I did not particularly like was that the move list was partially complete for each problem, so you could infer the previous move's answer without calculating. To get the most benefit you'll want to cover up those portions with something like an index card. Good luck!

[Himanshu Kapila · Rating 5 out of 5]

A brilliant book to build your basics. 434 problems in all. Just hide the hints and it will be a good one to solve. It good for anyone till 1200 level. You can finish one chapter in 15-30 minutes based on your rating.

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource. The key is to review this book over and over in order to improve pattern recognition.

[Reynard · Rating 2 out of 5]

Libro per principianti assoluti, le tattiche proposte sono quasi tutte molto semplici per chiunque abbia iniziato a fare qualche torneo. È un po' più utile se si risolvono le posizioni senza sapere il motivo tattico sotteso (per esempio con un sistema di ripetizione spaziata, come ho fatto io), ma è comunque un libro che mi sento di consigliare solo a chi ha iniziato da poco con gli scacchi. Per tutti gli altri, ci sono libri di gran lunga migliori. Il mio voto: 2 stelle.

[Davies Njuguna · Rating 5 out of 5]

iam an intermidiate player, going through this book was fun i learnt some tactics that i had not known how to take advantage until i went through this book

[Scott Gregory · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great (almost) beginner-level book for practicing tactics.

[Ryan Thorpe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good intro book with basic tactics. Maybe a little easy for an adult, even a new one. The puzzles were not hard.

My six year old is using it productively, though.

[José Alejandro Vázquez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy buena continuación para Everyone's First Tactics Book. Un poco menos de patrones tácticos pero mucho más complejos aunque sin llegar a nada avanzado.