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Showing posts with label eBook - Modern Chess Tactics. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Best Tactics of 2017 Book

This new publication is a collection of nearly 500 best combinations played by strong chess players in tournaments that took place in 2017. To see the solution for the combination - go to the next page in your e-reader. This book is building up on the "Quarterly Tactics" series, which provides instructive tactical positions from the most recent top chess tournaments.

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Sample puzzles with Solutions

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Saturday, June 24, 2017

How to study chess tactics on your phone - best combinations of 2016 collection



This is a screencast from my smartphone, illustrating how to solve chess puzzles in the Kindle app, reading through an ebook  https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Chess-Combinations-November-Quarterly/dp/1520868243 that contains over 140 best combinations played by strong chess players in tournaments that took place in the fourth quarter of 2016. The highlights/arrows in the video are a bit clumsy, but they are obviously only there because there is now other way to point at things when making a video on the phone.

Saturday, June 17, 2017

More of Best Combinations of 2016 - October, November, December 2016

image4 My ebook Modern Chess Combinations: October, November, December 2016 is now also available in paperback format, so you can order a physical copy and have it delivered to you like most chess books you probably already own. Here is a sample set of exercises for you to get the taste of it.
The highlight of this edition are the games from the World Championshop match between Karjakin and Carlsen, and World Rapid and Blitz Championship. The combination played by Magnus Carlsen in the last game of the tie-break - was found by him instantly and was a worthy finish to the tough match. It proved yet again, that being able to spot tactics quickly and effortlessly is an essential part of being a strong player.

Scroll down to see the solutions:


Rakhmanov, Ale - Domogaev, S.
   2016.10.04   

14
White's turn



Dreev, A. - Lugovskoy, M.
   2016.10.04   

15
White's turn


Shaposhnikov, E. - Vitiugov, N.
   2016.10.04   

16
White's turn


Solutions


Rakhmanov, Ale - Domogaev, S.
ch-RUS Blitz 2016   2016.10.04   

149
24. Rxf5
Black resigned in view of
24. ... gxf5 25. Qg5 1-0
Dreev, A. - Lugovskoy, M.
ch-RUS Blitz 2016   2016.10.04   

150
37. Qxh6+
Black resigned in view of
37. ... Bxh6 38. Rh7# 1-0
Shaposhnikov, E. - Vitiugov, N.
ch-RUS Blitz 2016   2016.10.04   

151
32. Qxd4
Black resigned in view of
32. ... exd4 33. Rc8+ Bd8 34. Rxd8+ Qe8 35. Rxe8# 1-0

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Samples of Best Combinations of 2016 – Now as Paperback

My ebook Modern Chess Combinations: October, November, December 2016 is now also available in paperback format, so you can order a physical copy and have it delivered to you like most chess books you probably already own. Here is a sample set of exercises for you to get the taste of it. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the solutions.

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This publication is a collection of over 140 best combinations played by strong chess players in tournaments that took place in the fourth quarter of 2016. This book is the eighth in the "Quarterly Tactics" series, which provides instructive tactical positions from the most recent top chess tournaments. Quarterly Chess Tactics will allow you to
    * Follow the recent games of top grandmasters
    * Improve your game
    * Study combinations any time and anywhere
    * Enjoy a collection of annotated puzzles that you have not seen in any other tactics books
    * Maintain regular practice by solving several puzzles every day

The highlight of this edition are the games from the World Championshop match between Karjakin and Carlsen, and World Rapid and Blitz Championship. The combination played by Magnus Carlsen in the last game of the tie-break - was found by him instantly and was a worthy finish to the tough match. It proved yet again, that being able to spot tactics quickly and effortlessly is an essential part of being a strong player.

Nabaty, T. - Vaganian, R.
   2016.10.07   

17

White's turn


Nenezic, M. - Miladinovic, I.
   2016.10.01   

18

White's turn



Flores, Di - Real de Azua, E.
   2016.07.20   

19

White's turn


Bosiocic, Mari - Fercec, N.
   2016.10.12   

20

White's turn

 

 

Solutions

Nabaty, T. - Vaganian, R.
1st Yerevan Open 2016   2016.10.07   

152

28. Qxc8+

Black resigned in view of
28. ... Rxc8 29. Ne6+ Kf7 30. Nxg5+ 1-0

Nenezic, M. - Miladinovic, I.
TCh-SRB Premier 2016   2016.10.01   

153

21. c4 bxc4 22. Qxb7 Nxd4 23. Bxc4


Flores, Di - Real de Azua, E.
91st ch-ARG 2016   2016.07.20   

154

40. Rxe6

Black resigned in view of
40. ... Qxe6 41. Bd5 1-0

Bosiocic, Mari - Fercec, N.
25th TCh-CRO Div 1b 2016   2016.10.12   

155

18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Bd6

( 19. ... Rxd5 20. Bxd5 Qd7 21. Qxb7+ Qxb7 22. Rc8# )
20. Qxb7+ Kxb7 21. Rxd6+ 1-0

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Modern Chess Combinations–Volume 7

Modern Chess Combinations: July, August, September 2016 is now out with over 120 puzzles for you to solve. It is available on Amazon. The Kindle free sample contains dozens of combinations, so you can first practice those positions and see if you like the selection. This publication is a collection of over 120 best combinations played by strong chess players in tournaments that took place the third quarter of 2016. I first filtered the correct combinations with various computer-assisted approaches, and then manually went through the entire collection to select only the puzzles useful to practical chess players.

The highlight of this edition are the games from the Chess Olympiad, where the USA team won the gold medal in the main tournament. Here are a couple of samples:

Heberla, B. - Ali Marandi, C.
TCh-TUR Super League 2016   2016.08.05 , B13

8 White to move

Solution: 30. Re1!!

Putting the rook under attack, but the bishop must guard the d8 square.
30. ... fxg5
( 30. ... Bxe1+ 31. Kxe1 fxg5 32. d8=Q+ )
31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Nd6+ Kf6
9
33. fxg5+
The final blow, since the pawn must be captured.
33. ... Kxg5 34. Nf7+ 1-0

Indjic, A. - Cruz, Cr
42nd Olympiad 2016   2016.09.08 , E38

10 White to move

Solution: 32. Bxe5+!?

The first move suggest itself, but the correct follow up is harder to find.
32. ... Kxe5
11
33. Qb2+!!
( The obvious 33. Qh2+? fails to 33. ... Ke4 )
33. ... Kd6
( 33. ... Ke4 34. Qd4# )
34. Qh2+!
With the king on d6, the check along the h2-b8 diagonal is deadly.
34. ... Kc5 35. Qc7+
12
35. ... Bc6 36. Qxc6# 1-0

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