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Title: 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles [Mensa] by Fred Wilson, Bruce Albertson, Bruce Alberston ISBN: 0-8069-2733-X Publisher: Sterling Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Very disappointing and full of errors!!!
Comment: There are THREE ERRORS IN THE FIRST TWELVE PUZZLES THAT I COULD FIND... and I am a novice... so I didn't bother looking at the book any further! I'm taking the book back... although it may be useful as kindling. Who did the editing... DID ANYONE ACTUALLY WORK THROUGH THE SOLUTIONS??? Sample solution "errors":
Puzzle #8: CORRECT ANSWER should be 1 Qa5 threatens Qxc7#, and 2 Qxh5.
Puzzle #10: White responses are illogical. White could at least gain one of the Rooks for its lost Queen... rather than leaving Black with both Rooks as the authors suggest. CORRECT ANSWER and replies should be:
1 ... Rd4+, 2 f4 Rxf4+, 3 Qxf4 Nxf4
Puzzle #12: CORRECT ANSWER is the AMAZINGLY complex SINGLE move of
1 Qg8#! It seems UNBELIEVABLE that the author suggests some round about two move alternative when MATE is plainly staring at you.
Very disappointing. An "Official American Mensa Puzzle Book"... HA!
Rating: 3
Summary: Don't waste time on some problems
Comment: Some of the answers to the puzzles in this book are horribly wrong. For instance numbers 159, 160, and 162. These guys, the authors should appologize for the mistakes and stop action like this book is all good. It's not!
Rating: 4
Summary: A fair remake
Comment: This is a remake of the 303 tricky chess tactics (TCT). The puzzles are different a little (I think),but the format has mostly addressed the criticisms and problems with TCT. The puzzles are grouped by difficulty rather than theme, making it easier to study them cold. Mistakes are fewer . . . (computer checked this time? (except for the typo in #8's answer)). All in all a solid tactical training tool for 13-1400 (but I'm 1600 and enjoy it watching TV) A nice effort a la reinfeld, lein, hays, etc. I have them all, and this is no worse. In the tactical puzzle market, it's just about quantity, and a acceptable level of quality, and this delivers. Really a 3 star effort, but one extra star for improving on their really lame first attempt at a similar training tool. Little filler chapters in the style of Lev Alburt's fluff help round out the slicker work this time.
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Title: One Thousand and One Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld ISBN: 0879801115 Publisher: Wilshire Book Co Pub. Date: June, 1969 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate by Fred Reinfeld ISBN: 0879801107 Publisher: Wilshire Book Co Pub. Date: December, 1983 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition by Irving Chernev ISBN: 0713484640 Publisher: Batsford Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev ISBN: 0486273024 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 06 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Winning Chess Tactics by Yasser Seirawan ISBN: 1857443330 Publisher: Everyman Chess Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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