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Beginner

Beginner

Your first real tactics.

Two hundred positions from real games, chosen so the winning idea is there to be found: a piece hanging, a fork waiting, a mate in two.

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Pocket Chess Puzzles: Beginner, standing
Pocket Chess Puzzles: Beginner, open
The answers to puzzles 1–9 facing Puzzle 10.

Inside

  1. 200 puzzles, all from real games
  2. One puzzle to a page, with ruled space to write the whole line in pencil
  3. Answers after every nine puzzles, set out move by move
  4. Nothing near the diagram to tell you how hard it is or what to look for
  5. Every line checked by the Stockfish engine

Every position is from a real game in the Lichess puzzle database.

Who it is for

As a rough guide, it suits players rated up to about 700 in Chess.com rapid, or up to about 1100 in Lichess rapid.

Write down your line before you look.

The book

Puzzles200, one to a page
AnswersAfter every nine puzzles
Puzzle ratings1000–1399 (Lichess)
Pages242
Trim114 × 165 mm (4.5 × 6.5 in), paperback
AuthorCharles Davison
PublisherSixty-Four Press
ISBN978-87-977462-6-4
Price£7.99 · $9.99 · €8.99

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