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| Oct 10, 2014 at 18:23 | comment | added | Raydot | I don't necessarily agree with that response, but then what is chess if not a spirited debate! | |
| Oct 10, 2014 at 12:43 | comment | added | Jester | Although I really like the books by Silman, especially "How to Reassess Your Chess", they are not about tactics but rather about positional play, i.e., they focus on strategic rather than tactical topics. It is true that the arisal of tactical opportunities is a consequence of various positive imbalances (or a blunder), but the focus of the book is on obtaining and emphasizing positive imbalances and not on exploiting the existence of such via tactics. So I cannot recommend these books for learning tactics. | |
| Oct 9, 2014 at 16:46 | comment | added | Raydot | Aagard's book "Excelling at Technical Chess" is also good, as are the books by Jeremy Silman, "Reassess Your Chess, etc." All focused on seeing the times when to start looking for tactics and how to exploit advantages to get where you're trying to go. | |
| Oct 8, 2014 at 8:35 | history | answered | Jester | CC BY-SA 3.0 |