| General Chess Discussion - Good endgame book#3 I love Dvoretsky's Chess Endgame Manual. Its great both for beginners and for experienced players, with some really tough exercises and great theoretical explanation. | grao_de_bico |
| General Chess Discussion - Does anyone have any central-tension tactics puzzles?#2 I dont have anything about centre tactics, but there is a nice book called "The Center: A modern strategy guide", by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin. I read it and I liked it a lot, it helped me to deal with … | grao_de_bico |
| General Chess Discussion - Help with tactic training?#5 This tactics problem is a bit complicated tho. I disagree about the pedagogic value of this kind of problem, it can actually cause more harm than help. I really doubt one third of the people that solv… | grao_de_bico |
| General Chess Discussion - Help with tactic training?#4 I'm no master or anything close to that, but I can tell you: one can break chess tactic skill in two basic skills: Calculation and Pattern recognition. * Calculation is the art of thinking ahead, move… | grao_de_bico |