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Title: Test Your Chess IQ: First Challenge by August Livshitz ISBN: 1-85744-139-7 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 28 May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book on tactics, with accurate ratings predictions
Comment: Wow. I'm impressed. You can learn a lot of chess with this book, and if you honestly grade and time yourself, you'll get a realistic picture of where you stand.
These puzzles are not easy. They take about 5 minutes each, and you'll have to put in that much time if you want your rating to be indicated accurately. This is NOT for tactics training, even though you will learn from it. You need to be VERY GOOD at tactics before you attempt these; otherwise, you'll get NOTHING correct. You'd be wise to go through Lev Alburt's Chess Training Pocket Book at least once before tackling these.
If you're 1500, you could start this book, but don't rush through it. Do one 8-problem test per week and monitor your progress through the year. (There are 56 tests.)
Each test is prefaced with the sort of tactics you will be looking for, and some of the puzzles are very similar within a test. This is intentional. The authors want you to LEARN, but without making things too obvious.
I have noticed minor typos in the answers, but no actual errors, which is quite rare for a puzzle book. The font, diagram size, printing, and layout are all excellent. The original games are named in the answers, rather than in the problems, to avoid distraction. Remember: These tests are timed!
Highly recommended. But if you're below 1500 USCF, caveat emptor! You don't want to ruin the future value of this book by cheating and looking at all the answers now!
Rating: 5
Summary: Important tactics book!
Comment: This book is a must for those who wish to improve their ability to calculate. These are just a collection of tests and will only help you if you follow the instructions carefully! Do not casually read through the examples like you would with "1001 Brilliant Chess Sac..." by Reinfeld, but do the tests as if you are playing a tournament. Here are some helpful hints from the book.
1. Set up the pieces on a board, this simulates actual play. 2. Do the tests regularly, but not too often. 3. Be honest in grading yourself. 4. Follow the directions on timing yourself.
In summary, a great book if used properly! You should be at least 1400 rated for this to help.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent tactics workbook for intermediate players
Comment: This is an excellent book to test and refine your tactical ability. It is probably best suited to players rated between 1500 - 1900 USCF who have already studied a beginning primer on the subject.
Basically the book consists of 56 tests, each containing 8 practice problems. Each section focuses on a particular tactical theme and is timed. You are given a score based upon the total time used and the number of problems correctly solved.
The author recommends tackling one or two tests per week. (An average test of 8 problems requires approximately 35 - 55 minutes to complete).
After a large number of tests have been taken you can estimate your chess rating based upon your test scores. The author provides a reference table to equate scores to aproximate ratings. (I found the model fairly accurately reflects my current rating as oppossed to some other books I have tried).
I have been pleased to see my average score slowly, but steadily improve over the last few months of working on these tests.
Bottom line is this - for most chess players tactics are the most important element of the game to focus on. You would be hard pressed to find a book that is better organized than this!
I am looking forward to completing this book very soon so I can go on and tackle the next volume in the series - "Test your Chess IQ - Master Challenge".
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Title: Test Your Chess IQ: Master Challenge by August Livshitz ISBN: 1857441443 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Test Your Chess IQ: Grandmaster Challenge by August Livshitz ISBN: 1857440021 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 28 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Reassess Your Chess Workbook by Jeremy Silman, International Master Silman Jeremy ISBN: 1890085057 Publisher: SCB International Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Art of Attack: Rev. Algebraic Ed. by Vladimir Vukovic ISBN: 1857444000 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Attacking Technique by Colin Crouch, Robert Timmer ISBN: 1879479389 Publisher: International Chess Enterprises Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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