Secrets of chess tactics

This chess book concentrates on typical practical themes in the middlegame. It deals with the essential ideas of tactical combinations, attack and defence. At every stage there are questions and tests which enable the reader to discover his or her own tactical strengths and weaknesses. This book is the sequel to "Secrets of Chess Training" which won the British Chess Federation's 1990-91 Book of the Year Award. Concentrates on practical themes which are likely to occur in the reader's own chess games - the essential ideas of tactical combinations, attack and defence. At every stage there are questions and tests which enable the reader to discover his or her own tactical strengths and weaknesses.