LEARN CHESS TACTICS (John Nunn)
160 pages (248 mm by
172 mm).
£12.99/$19.95/€20,35
This book teaches basic tactical ideas such as the fork,
pin, and discovered attack, and introduces general ideas such as elimination,
immobilization and compulsion. A basic knowledge of simple tactics will enable
a novice to start winning games, by giving checkmate or capturing material. As
the player progresses, his tactical arsenal will broaden, and he will start to
play sacrifices and combinations, and develop a deeper understanding of the
game. Players who fail to study tactics systematically tend to suffer from
tactical blind-spots that plague them throughout their playing career, and thus
they fail to realize their full potential.
John Nunn is a grandmaster from England. He has won
four individual gold medals and three team silver medals at Chess Olympiads. He
is arguably the most highly acclaimed chess writer in the world - he has twice
won the prestigious British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award. In 2004 he
won the World Chess Solving Championship, and repeated the feat in October 2007
with a record winning score of 89/90. He has written numerous books for Gambit,
including Learn Chess Tactics and the
best-selling Understanding Chess Move by
Move.
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"One of the most important skills for a chess player to
develop is tactical ability. There have been numerous books written on this
subject but rarely with such a clear and well presented approach as Nunn offers
here. The fourteen chapters explore different tactical themes, starting with an
examples and then moving on to exercises for the reader to try. There is also a
good choice of material, the positions given having been culled from recent
tournament practice." - Nigel Davies
"It is an orderly, methodical and very useful manual. Aimed
not only at beginners, the book can open the tactical horizon to many
tournament players." - Lubomir Kavalek, Washington Post
"John Nunn writing a beginner's book may seem like a
professor teaching kindergarten, but his clarity of exposition and deft choice
of examples makes this a cut above other books of this genre." - John
Saunders, BCM
"When I was a junior, I learnt from the classic tactics book
Winning Chess by Chernev and Reinfeld. I have been waiting for a long
time for a modern equivalent that I could recommend to my students. I strongly
suspect that this is it." - Phil Adams, 3Cs website
"When the great All Black coach Fred Allen was asked why all
the teams that he coached did well, his answer was, 'Teach and practice the
basics as often as you can, and then the rest will fit together.' To this end,
John Nunn has written his book that will not only appeal to beginners but also
to players of most levels who would like to brush up on their tactical
skills....By far the best book available on learning tactics to be found
anywhere at the moment!" - Michael Stevenson, New Zealand Chess
"An excellent basic course on tactics. Recommended." -
Paul Dunn, Australian Chess
"This is the kind of chess literature that the world needs
if we are going to continue to grow chess among youngsters and adults who want
to improve. Chess, while a very difficult game to master is not a hard game to
learn. Half the battle is stripping away the mystique to reveal that getting
better is a matter of learning some fundamental principles. This book does that
and does it really well. I would highly recommend this book to novice and
intermediates looking to improve their tactics without going bankrupt in the
process." - Bill Whited, Chess Country
"Tactical flair, one of the most important requirements for
chess success, can be exercised and improved, above all through solving a
multitude of puzzles. For this Nunn's book provides a valuable contribution." -
Dr W. Schweizer, Rochade
"I have never found so many positions I hadn't seen before
in any other tactics book." - Helmut Conrady, Rochade
"...especially good as most of the positions are
unfamiliar." - Harald Fietz, Schach Magazin 64
"The book is very handy for trainers of chess as you will
find a lot of current material." - Jerzy Konikowski, Fernschach
International
"The quality of the material, the good layout, and the very
enlightening comments make this book the ideal introduction to chess tactics
for the inexperienced player." - Schachmarkt
Gambit books by John Nunn: 101
Brilliant Chess Miniatures, Endgame
Challenge, Grandmaster Chess Move by
Move, Grandmaster Secrets: Winning Quickly
at Chess, John Nunn's Chess Puzzle
Book, Learn Chess, Learn Chess Tactics, Secrets of Pawnless Endings, Secrets of Practical Chess NEW EDITION, Secrets of Rook Endings, Solving in Style, Understanding Chess Move by Move. |
