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Practical Chess Puzzles (Everyman Chess) Paperback – March 6, 2020

by Guannan Song (Author), Dachey Lin (Author), Edward Song (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars (30)
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Chess puzzle books are undoubtedly popular – and with good reason. Solving chess puzzles helps to sharpen a player's tactical and combinational skills. This ability is absolutely fundamental for chess development. You won't get better at tennis until you can consistently hit the ball with accuracy and you won't get better at chess until you improve your ability to calculate. It is that simple and there are no shortcuts.

Many puzzle books take a far too simplistic approach and offer endless positions where the solution is nearly always along the lines of: queen takes something check, king takes queen, check, check and a pretty mate. Aesthetically pleasing perhaps but of minimal use for actual improvement as the patterns are so familiar. Practical Chess Puzzles avoids this pitfall. The positions chosen are far more like those that actually appear on the board during the vast majority of games. Furthermore, at all stages, the puzzles are ranked, enabling the student to gauge progress and identify and correct weaknesses.
  • 600 puzzles featuring instructive, typically “game-like” positions
  • Model games featuring important instructional points
  • A ranking system to assess progress.
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    1. Print length
      288 pages
    2. Language
      English
    3. Publisher
      Everyman Chess
    4. Publication date
      March 6, 2020
    5. Dimensions
      6.82 x 0.64 x 9.38 inches
    6. ISBN-10
      1781945616
    7. ISBN-13
      978-1781945612
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    Practical Chess Puzzles largely delivers what is promised. The authors say that they are writing for players from 1200-2200—quite a range!— and the puzzles in each section track from less to more complex... there is an overt effort to present lesser known, diverse examples, featuring North American players and a full range of position types. All this serves to keep solvers on their toes. 4 out of 5 -- John Hartmann ― Chess Life

    In summary, the content lives up to the title and any tournament player from say 1200 Elo to perhaps 2200 will derive much benefit from working through the content. It is good to find a whole tranche of new material and ideas from real games played by mostly amateur players. -- John Upham ―     BritishChessNews.com

    This is a high-end puzzle book which will offer a tough test, even to experienced players. I think it will be most useful as a book to dip into rather than running the risk of breaking your head over a torrent of tricky positions. -- Sean Marsh ―     CHESS Magazine

    About the Author

    Guannan Song is a FIDE Master (with one International Master norm) from Canada. He has won the Canadian Youth Chess Championships and has scored bronze at the North American Junior Chess Championships. He has also played for Team Canada on the international stage at the World Youth Chess Championships and the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad. Guannan is a chess teacher with over seven years of experience and represents Western University on board one of its Championship team.

    Dachey Lin is a FIDE Master from the United States, having attained the title in 2016. He is a seven-time All American Team member and participated in three World Youth Chess Championship events, tying for ninth place in 2009. Though he is not as active as the other authors, he enjoys following and helping other chess players and watching them develop and succeed.

    Edward Song is an International Master from the United States. He won the 2014 US Cadet Championship, the 2017 Supernationals (tie) and the 2017 Denker Tournament of High School Champions (tie). He is also a four-time All American Team member and played two World Youth Chess Championships, achieving top ten both times. He is looking forward to making further progress towards the grandmaster title.

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    • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Everyman Chess
    • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 6, 2020
    • Language ‏ : ‎ English
    • Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
    • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1781945616
    • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781945612
    • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
    • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.82 x 0.64 x 9.38 inches
    • Best Sellers Rank: #2,647,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
    • Customer Reviews:
      4.5 out of 5 stars (30)

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    Guannan Song is a FIDE Master with one International Master norm from Canada. His notable achievements include winning the Canadian Youth Chess Championships and scoring bronze at the North American Junior Chess Championships. He has represented Canada on the international stage at the World Youth Chess Championships and the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 2021. Guannan is an experienced chess coach and the author of two chess books - Mastering Chess Logic (with GM Joshua Sheng) and Practical Chess Puzzles: 600 Positions to Improve Your Calculation and Judgment (with FM Dachey Lin and IM Edward Song).

    Guannan's books are also available as online interactive Chessable courses: https://www.chessable.com/author/GuannanSong/

    Guannan can be contacted for chess lessons here: https://www.chess.com/member/alliswell998

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    4.5 out of 5 stars
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    • Wojtek Gornicki
      5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended!
      Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2022
      Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
      Great chess puzzles!
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    • retiredceo
      4.0 out of 5 stars Challenging
      Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2022
      Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
      Mostly, very challenging because no specific outcome. Simply looking for you to find the best move to improve, which sometimes is so underwhelming it fools you, because you are looking for something grander. Also, I swear some of MY choices are BETTER. Forces you to examine position and ALL possibilities in search for BEST move. I am enjoying it, but can't seem to find correct move more than half the time.
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    • P. Nadkarni
      4.0 out of 5 stars Very good set of puzzles, could have benefited from overview
      Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2021
      Format: Paperback
      I borrowed this book from my local public library.
      Pros:
      An excellent and diverse set of puzzles. While another reviewer has stated that the few puzzles he looked at did not exceed ELO 1700 in difficulty, that review is highly inaccurate. I've worked through both a simpler book that emphasizes tactics fundamentals and development of pattern recognition (former World Women's Champion GM Susan Polgar's "Chess Tactics for Champions"), and as well as an advanced puzzle book (GM John Emms' "The Ultimate Puzzle Book", which targets players at ELO 1800+). In addition, I work through the puzzles on ChessPuzzle.net, which reports my rating in the 2300s. (Possibly a considerable exaggeration: I'm hardly up to date on the nuances of post-2005 Opening theory.)
      I'd say that the toughest puzzles are about the same level you'd find at the most advanced (grandmaster) level of Emm's book.

      The difference between this book and the other two, which I rate as excellent for their respective audiences), is that the puzzles here are intermingled rather than stratified by increasing order of difficulty: relatively easy puzzles are intermixed with difficult ones.
      From the teaching perspective, this admixture is problematic. The sub-1600 player builds combinative strength via drills that emphasize individual themes (forks, pins, discoveries) etc, followed by exposure to puzzles where the theme is not specified in advance, and then multi-move puzzles that combine themes.

      From the practical perspective, however, this admixture will benefit the advanced player, who must recognize the easy/instant win (or potential blunder) in addition to the more complex combination, or strategic sequence of moves in positions where no combination is available. (In 1956, future World Champion overlooked an attack on his queen by David Bronstein's knight while Bronstein, in a losing situation, was merely shuffling his pieces back and forth. Worse, Petrosian compounded his queen loss by resigning: Bronstein was about to run out of time on his clock and could not have physically completed his moves before the time control.)

      Cons:
      The book, in the Introduction, claims to be aimed at players in the Elo 1200-2200 range. However, the overwhelming majority of the puzzles here are way beyond Elo 1700 and a 1200 player is better advised to start with Polgar's book. A player who has not gone through the pattern-recognition drills is likely to be traumatized by this book. It's a pity that the authors do not suggest more basic books. Alternatively, for the sub 1600 player, a recap of tactical motifs might have helped.

      Summary: You'll benefit from this book if your rating is 1800+, but not otherwise.
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    • Nick
      1.0 out of 5 stars Poor puzzle selection, a lazy effort
      Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024
      Format: Paperback
      I had no trouble doing these puzzles, many of them are ridiculous. You can get free puzzles online nowadays so not sure why this book exists. There was not a single challenging puzzle and the author's syntax is poor when trying to explain the answers. Highly suggest you avoid this and his other works.
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    • A_2007_reader
      3.0 out of 5 stars Beginners book on tactics
      Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2020
      Format: Paperback
      From what I've seen from sample pages, this book is for players below Class B, below 1700 Elo USCF. Good for beginners.
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    • Pedro Franco
      5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
      Reviewed in Brazil on April 19, 2023
      Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
      Produto novo e de ótima qualidade
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    • I fovea
      5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2021
      Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
      Easier to have a book rather than a screen. Helpful hints and fun
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    • Ge Xu
      5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best puzzle books
      Reviewed in Canada on April 21, 2022
      Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
      These puzzles were challenging, yet absolutely solvable and suitable to your average club player.
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