1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners The Tactics Workbook that Explains the Basic Concepts, Too

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Double check313314 315A smooth mate in fiveCheck, check, mateRampaging rook316317Mate in twoThe knight is the star319320 321Mate in threeDecoy sacrificeBlack didn't expect this322324d e fF-fileSeen before ... but improvedBlack threatens mate on a145
White to moveSolutions on page 129When a piece is on the same line ofattack as its king, it cannot move. Itis 'pinned'. In the following positionthe black rook is pinned by the whitebishop and cannot avoid capture.pieces is an optical illusion.However, their presence makesseeing the mating move 1. iWh6#much more difficult to see.Black can try to limit the loss ofmaterial by playing 1... c6, afterwhich White should not be hasty: ifhe contents himself with winning theexchange with 2 . .ixdS+? xdS he willachieve no more than a draw; whereasif he piles on the pressure with 2. c4!,he will win the rook for nothing on thefollowing move. The rook cannotescape because of the paralysing pin.The pin is a very common tacticalmotif that can often lead to a gain inmaterial or mate itself.In the following position the'protection' of the king by Black'sAs with all tactical ideas it is alwaysnecessary to anticipate your opponent'sreply. In the example above, Whitehas just played 1. Ei:g4, takingadvantage of the pin to win theknight, but after 1. .ihS, White'ssmile will become a frown as he47
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Page 5 and 6: Chess is 99% tactics!If this celebr
Page 7 and 8: Mate in one1011 12The bishop and kn
Page 9 and 10: Mate in one3435 36a b c d eA 2006 m
Page 11 and 12: Mate in twoWhite to move and mate i
Page 13 and 14: Mate in two79 80 81Two ways to do i
Page 15 and 16: Mate in two103 104 105One ... two .
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Page 21 and 22: Mate in two175176177a b c d e 9 ha
Page 23 and 24: The missing piece193 195Add a bisho
Page 25 and 26: White to moveSolutions on page 127S
Page 27 and 28: Double attack217 219Nasty pin This
Page 29 and 30: Double attack241 242 243The back ra
Page 31 and 32: Discovered attack253 254 255One sma
Page 33 and 34: White to moveSolutions on page 128A
Page 35 and 36: Discovered check289290 291A beautif
Page 37: Double check301 302 303A famous mat
Page 41 and 42: Pin325 326 327Let's get started Thi
Page 43 and 44: Pin349 350 351This is prettyThe e-f
Page 45 and 46: Skewer361362363StraightforwardArriv
Page 47 and 48: White to moveSolutions on page 131D
Page 49 and 50: Deflection397398399a b c d e g ha b
Page 51 and 52: Decoy sacrifice409410Please come th
Page 53 and 54: White to moveSolutions on page 132T
Page 55 and 56: Promotion433 434435Keep it simple N
Page 57 and 58: Promotion457 458 459Distant passed
Page 59 and 60: Drawing tactics469 470471A decoy dr
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Mixed motifs: Black829 830Boxed-in
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Curiosities979980981Mate in 2Chess
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Solutions156 - 1.1Wd6+ l"i:xd6 2.l"
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Solutions280 - 1.iH6+ winning 'W'f2
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SolutionsDeflection page 57385 - 1.
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Solutions468 - The final part of th
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Solutions/jon g? 1 ... Wixf7 [1 ...
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Solutions3.l'lxd8#] 2.l'ld8 with a
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Solutionsthreatening a fork on d3!
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Solutions872 - 1.'&g7+!! xg7 2.ltJh
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Solutions980 - Black, with a comple
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