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Summary: Punchers Chance!
Review: This book will give you a punchers chance to beat people better than you. There are 300 problems and you have to find the checkmate in 1,2, or 3 moves. Ive went through this book a bunch of times. And now I beat people who use to beat me. I will be playing a game and I'll see some of these positions from the book just jump out at me. And if you hit one of these babies its lights out! Game enders for sure. For such a low price you should give this book a chance. Its better than alot more expensive books. Ive got alot of use out of it. Its in Descriptive notation but its not a problem. Because you just have to follow 1-3 moves. Now if it was a game collection book then Descriptive Notation will slow you down. But in a puzzle book its no big deal. I recommend the Idiots guide to Chess, Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player, and this to get you started. And then move from those books to Lazlo Polgars book "5,334 Problems, Combinations, and Games".
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Summary: A great introduction to checkmate
Review: This is one of the few books I've read from cover to cover. And still is alot of fun to look at. The books gives problems w/mate in 1, 2 and 3. The problems can be solved by anybeginner but almost everyone will appreciate them. I recently looked at it after almost 10 years and was still impressed! And at the price it is a steal. I would recommend it to anychessplayer!
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Summary: Good book for the money
Review: Very good set of puzzles. Several mate in 1 for warm-up. Then dozens of mate in 2. Then dozens of mate in 3. About half by White, half by Black. Good format: 6 diagrams + solutions on each 2-page spread. You don't have to search for the answer in the back, but you also won't accidentally notice the answer as you might if it were directly under the diagram. Very simple! These are not only realistic, but actually from old master games. The players and games are named, which gives a whiff of historical significance. Reinfeld often adds a sentence to the answer to tell us something about the players, or the game, or the circumstances. That adds some drama to an otherwise dry book of puzzles. Unfortunately, the diagrams in this book must be third or fourth generation copies. They are too light. Look inside the book and see for yourself! This is exacerbated by the old-style drawings of the pieces, which makes the queens difficult to distinguish from each other. Maybe Dover will do a new edition in Algebraic Notation with new diagrams? (This one is in Descriptive Notation, but the answers are so short that it's really not a problem. In fact, I prefer Descriptive for puzzles, since QxB is easier to visualize than Qxe4.) I do not know how many of these puzzles appear in other Reinfeld books, but for the price you can't complain.
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Summary: Another Reinfeld Classic !
Review: What a pity this book is not better known. It is one of the best books I have ever read on attacking the king. Reinfeld gives hundreds of master games in which masters beat their opposition with one,two and three move checkmates. The finishing touches on many of these mates is truly brilliant. He also gives a few alternate moves in the solutions. Anyone who masters the mates in this book, would find moves that would shock his opponents, in any phase of the game. The book teaches pattern recognition which is essential to finding attacks in all phases of the game. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Another Reinfeld Classic !
Review: What a pity this book is not better known. It is one of the best books I have ever read on attacking the king. Reinfeld gives hundreds of master games in which masters beat their opposition with one,two and three move checkmates. The finishing touches on many of these mates is truly brilliant. He also gives a few alternate moves in the solutions. Anyone who masters the mates in this book, would find moves that would shock his opponents, in any phase of the game. The book teaches pattern recognition which is essential to finding attacks in all phases of the game. Highly recommended!
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