improving tactics

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13 Oct 07 17:58

stbrie

Joined: 08 Sep 07
Moves: 599

14 Oct 07 15:10

Originally posted by MissOleum
I also found it unsatisfactory - it has some good features but overall chess.emrald.net is much better. There's a new one at chesstempo.com which I'm trying out too.

[shrug]

The bottom right has a square that pulses. The screen is oriented just like for RHP, bottom is your pieces. The chess board interface is basically the same as that of chess.emrald.net and RHP ....

If you say that it is confusing/unsatisfactory but find the interface to chess.emrald.net satisfactory, I don't understand the difference. Please explain.

tomtom232

Joined: 15 Jun 06
Moves: 16334

14 Oct 07 20:09

Originally posted by stbrie
[shrug]

The bottom right has a square that pulses. The screen is oriented just like for RHP, bottom is your pieces. The chess board interface is basically the same as that of chess.emrald.net and RHP ....

If you say that it is confusing/unsatisfactory but find the interface to chess.emrald.net satisfactory, I don't understand the difference. Please explain.

I have never been to those sites and do not know if I would like them or not. I think I will just stick to books.

gaychessplayer

Joined: 22 Aug 06
Moves: 359

14 Oct 07 21:07

I would recommend the purchase of "1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate", and "1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations", both by Fred Reinfeld. I think that both books are also available for free in PGN format somewhere.

Another good book is "Sharpen Your Tactics", by GM Lein, et. al. It has about 1200 problems graded by difficulty.

ketchuplover

Isolated Pawn

Wisconsin USA

Joined: 09 Dec 01
Moves: 84896

14 Oct 07 21:34

Originally posted by stbrie
Adaptive Tactics Server. You have weaknesses in a particular tactical motif? It finds them and serves you more of that kind of problem. Also shows you which motifs you are weak in.

http://www.snufflenose.com/ats/index.php

How do you know which color piece to move? tia

Wulebgr

Angler

River City

Joined: 08 Dec 04
Moves: 16907

14 Oct 07 22:01

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Originally posted by diskamyl
those would be tactics books. better is, at your level, the software called "personal chess trainer."
solve tactics questions daily and you'll get better.

I'm over 40 and use software to train. Most of my recent losses are to kids under 20 that use books and a chessboard. The kids (and adults) that don't read are easy to beat.

Originally posted by gaychessplayer
I would recommend the purchase of "1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate", and "1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations", both by Fred Reinfeld. I think that both books are also available for free in PGN format somewhere.

http://wwwu.uni-klu.ac.at/gossimit/c/book.htm

I have a couple books by Reinfeld and the PGN versions.

stbrie

Joined: 08 Sep 07
Moves: 599

14 Oct 07 22:14

Originally posted by ketchuplover
How do you know which color piece to move? tia

Look for the pulsing square in the bottom right corner of the page next to the chessboard. That is the color you are to play for that problem. By convention, you take the bottom pieces and move up.

Ragnorak

For RHP addons...

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Moves: 15013

14 Oct 07 22:24

Originally posted by tomtom232
I went to that site and it is confusing. I mean it doesn't even tell who is to move.

Same same. I didn't like it, and found the help unsatisfactory.

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