Chess tactics explained in English: the website www.chesstactics.org in book form. This volume is the first in a two-part... More > set. The two books together contain over a thousand examples organized in unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation.

This first volume provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks. (Book II covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns.) A hardcover version is also available. < Less

Chess tactics explained in English: the second volume of material from www.chesstactics.org. This book is the second in a... More > two-part set. The two books together contain over a thousand examples organized in unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation.
Book II -- the present volume -- covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns. (The first book in the set provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks.) Also available in hardcover. < Less

The book version of www.chesstactics.org: volume 2, in a hardcover edition. Covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard,... More > and mating patterns. Also available in paperback. < Less

Chess tactics explained in English: Book I, in a hardcover binding. This volume provides an introduction and explains forks... More > and discovered attacks. (Book II covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns.) A paperback edition also is available. For more information, visit www.chesstactics.org. < Less

volume 2. Covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns.