What's inside
- 1,008 chess puzzles, every one taken from a real game
- Eleven tactical motifs: forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, deflection, decoys, double attacks, removing the defender, hanging pieces, back-rank mates and checkmates
- Two graded sections — easy up to 1200, then medium from 1200 to 1500
- Nothing longer than two moves, so every solution is findable at the board
- 253 one-move puzzles for fast pattern drilling, including 144 mate-in-one
- Twelve diagrams to a page on 8.5 × 11 paper, with full solutions, 119 pages
The positions come from real games in the Lichess CC0 puzzle database, not from composed problems. Every puzzle is rated, and the book is ordered by that rating, so the difficulty climbs at a measured pace instead of jumping around.
Who this book is for
✓
New players
You know how the pieces move and keep losing material anyway. The one-move puzzles practise exactly that: the hanging piece, the fork, the mate in one.
✓
Improvers under 1500
Ratings run up to 1497, so the medium section still asks something of a player who finds the one-movers easy.
✓
Coaches and chess parents
1,008 rated puzzles with full solutions, ordered by rating, ready to set as practice.
Good to know
- Trim size 8.5 × 11 inches, 119 pages, paperback
- Puzzle ratings run from 400 to 1497 — this is a beginner and improver book, not a book of studies
- Each diagram states which side is to move; solutions are given in algebraic notation
- Puzzle positions are CC0-licensed from the Lichess database
- Working with a younger player? Chess Tactics for Kids uses larger diagrams, six to a page
- New to tactical patterns? Our guide to forks, pins, skewers and mate patterns explains each one before you start
Stop missing the tactic. Get your copy on Amazon and start with the one-movers.