Typical Tactical Tricks: 500 Ways To Win!

About this course

Sharpen your tactical eye with 500 hand-picked puzzles drawn from the most common winning patterns in chess. Each position trains a single recurring idea — pins, skewers, double attacks, discovered attacks, trapping pieces, removing the defender, and mating nets — so the motifs become instinctive over the board. Work through the chapters from the gentle introductions to the tougher mixes and you will start spotting tactics you used to miss.

What you'll learn

• Recognize and exploit the core tactical motifs: pins, skewers, forks and double attacks
• Win material by removing the defender, trapping pieces and launching discovered attacks
• Deliver forced checkmates using the most common mating patterns
• Calculate short forcing sequences quickly and accurately in real games

Curriculum