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Modern Chess Tactics

Hard puzzles for the tournament player

Alexander Slizhevsky

Publisher:

Asim Pereira

Translation: Rucha Pujari

Table of Contents

Modern Chess Tactics

Introduction

Puzzles

Checkmate

About the Author

Introduction

Many high-level chess-players (International Masters and Grandmasters)

often have problem in self-cultivation. How to work on openings is clear -

work with databases and chess engines, follow the latest novelties in our

variations, invent fresh ideas. But does one train tactical skills? Where to find

positions of quiet complex level?

Lack of such material prompted me to create this book. The games were

taken between July and December 2014. Search was conducted among the

decisive games of players with Elo rating 2400 and above. I have tried to find

positions which only have a single solution.

As a result of several months of searching, analysis and audits, I have

selected 200 positions.

The puzzles are arranged in increasing number of moves in the solution,

which generally corresponds to an increase in complexity of the puzzles.

Good luck in solving the puzzles!

Alexander Slizhevsky

FIDE International Master (ELO 2439)

Oct 2015

Puzzles

One last note before we start...

The side to play is indicated by the White/Black square to the right of each

puzzle or the title ex: "Black to play".

The solution is placed on the immediate next page, so its easy to lookup the

solution and play through the moves.

Once again, good luck! The puzzles start now.