Christopher Shen

The Chess Tactics for Scholastic Players Christopher Shen

Chess players love patterns. One of the biggest reasons why tactical workbooks are an excellent source for beginners is that they organize positions by sections. But now what? After doing all those positions, you realize that the chance you will replicate the same position and demonstrate it at the board is virtually zero because many of the situations were from classical giants such as Alekhine and Nimzowitsch. But, wouldn't it make more sense to pull critical moments from beginner games? This is exactly what we have done. This book has collected more than 400 positions solely from 3000 scholastic players' games. Beginners have patterns, behavioral patterns, opening patterns, but more importantly, mistake patterns. Using scholastic players' games at a similar level, the chance that a beginner will recognize a tactical idea and execute it in his or her own game will be much greater. These positions allow the player to identify fundamentally important ideas and remember the common mistakes at their level that they should strive to avoid. This specially crafted book is a weapon that every beginner should have in their arsenal. This book can help students with U1400 US chess rating.