The Big Book of Chess Tactics is a comprehensive book about chess tactics. The first main part deals with the combinations in which you can gain decisive material advantages. In the second part, after studying how to save your game in difficult situations i.e. how to take the game to a draw instead of losing it, you will find all kinds of mate combinations classified into a coherent system.
The concept of this system was introduced into the practice of teaching chess in primary and secondary schools with the aim of learning and improving the students' skills and this practice has operated for some 15 years. The method and the system of this book can be used by beginners to enable them to reach club player level and thence as a part of their development to become professional chess players should they so desire. GM Peter Leko and GM Csaba Balogh are two examples of chess players. They used, studied, and very much liked this book which, among others, helped them get to the top.
003 Contents
005 Preface to the English Edition
006 Preface
008 Introduction
012 DECISIVE MATERIAL ADVANTAGE
012 Double Attack
074 Batteries and Pins
140 Pawn Promotion
192 Problems in Cooperation
226 Mate Threat
261 Obtaining a Draw
312 TACTICAL WAYS OF CHECKMATING
312 Weakness of the Back Rank
334 The Pawn Structure of the King Position
371 Defensive Pieces in the King Position
418 King Got Stuck in the Middle
537 THE POSITIONAL SACRIFICE
590 Solutions
769 INDEX
795 BIBLIOGRAPHY
