Desperate to brush up on your chess tactics but don’t have time for long hours of study?
This follow-up to Gary Lane’s bestselling Improve Your Chess in 7 Days is the book for you!
Handily arranged day by day, it is full of easy-to-follow advice on developing nifty tricks that will confound your opponent. It includes all the basic tactical skills such as pins, decoys, deflections, and double attacks, then delves deeper, showing you how to harness them at various points of the game.
It also contains a sprinkling of chess cartoons from the acclaimed illustrator Gerrard Oswald to keep you smiling as you read.
The book covers:
- Day 1: So you want to improve your tactics?
- Day 2: Understanding tactics
- Day 3: Develop your creativity
- Day 4: Tactics in the opening
- Day 5: Tactics in the middlegame Day 6: Tactics in the endgame
- Day 7: Blunders and brilliancies
Packed with tips and tricks, this book’s clear, no-nonsense style makes it the ideal companion for sharpening your tactics – quickly.
About the Author
Australian chess champion and Player of the Year for 2004, Gary Lane is a prolific and popular chess author. He has written over a dozen titles, including Improve Your Chess in 7 Days, Find the Winning Move and Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black. He is also a well-known chess trainer, and has been involved in coaching some of England and Australia’s top junior players.