Chess Tactics for Beginners (Chess lovers' library) [Paperback]

Fred Reinfeld (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Wilshire Book Company (December 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879800194
• ISBN-13: 978-0879800192
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #700,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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77 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic Beginning Tactics Book, July 15, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Chess Tactics for Beginners (Chess lovers' library) (Paperback)

The author, Fred Reinfeld was known 30-40 years ago as being the author with the largest number of chess books on the market. He was a reasonably strong player and wrote some rather fine books. This is a book where you will find the same problems, without the detail and explanation in his "1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations" - the difference is two fold,
1. You get explanation of the tactics here (good point).
2. Far fewer problems (bad point).
3. His most simple problems to solve - good if you are a beginner or just above.
If you are well beyond the beginning stage get his "One Thousand and One Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations", or "Winning Chess Traps for Juniors". They are not for the super beginner and will get you further quickly.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent beginners book, April 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Chess Tactics for Beginners (Chess lovers' library) (Paperback)

I teach chess at an elementary school and I think this book does a great job of presenting the basic tactical patterns. The author does this in a very easy to understand format and the problems are simple and understandable. I would reccommend this to anyone that has a student learning chess.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars basic puzzles, January 13, 2002

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Laurent Pompidou (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chess Tactics for Beginners (Chess lovers' library) (Paperback)

i can keep this short; this book is very very basic. each tactic is explained in a couple of sentences and two examples. then there follow a dozen or so puzzles that range from extremely easy to... easy. i think its sort of a childrens tactics book. im really a beginner at chess - beginner beginner but these puzzles i mostly solved within a minute while watching a movie. assuming that youve read some introduction-to-chess book this book will give you very few new information or concepts, but a couple of easy puzzles.