Learn Chess Tactics is written to teach the basics of chess to new players. You’ll learn chess tactics and strategies that will take you from losing games to winning them as you discover the secrets to attacks, sacrifices and combinations.
Many readers who have finished this book rave about how it got them started with the basics and turned them into competent and understanding players of chess. The book is in the form of a study guide which means you will probably be spending a lot of time, by yourself, in front of a board without an opponent learning what John Nunn is trying to teach you.
If you’re willing to spend the time to go through this book and learn what it is trying to teach you then your chess game will show improvement. Nunn’s approach is tailor-made for the beginner and his writing style helps make the concepts easy to read and understand.
About the Author
John Nunn is an English grandmaster, writer and mathematician. He was the European Junior Chess Champion in 1975 and became a Grandmaster three years later. He’s a two-time gold medal winner at the Chess Olympiad.
Nunn is considered by many to be one of the best modern authors of books about chess. He has written a large amount about the game over the course of dozens of books. His work is especially interesting as he uses data mining as the foundation for his research into new chess moves and strategies which he then compiles in his written works.
