1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (Fred Reinfeld Chess Classics Book 4)

Ignore comments written before May 2014, they are about the old edition of this book, and they tell of problems with printing, binding, and old descriptive notation. This new edition has changed all that. The book is a delight to hold and to work with. Reinfeld arranged the mates by themes, so that by using the book as a tutorial, not just as puzzles to be solved, you can organize the different checkmating tactics and patterns in your mind. If you know and can employ the tactics in this book you'll be a fearsome chess player. I'm rated in the top 10% of USCF tournament players, and I recommend this book highly, along with its companion, 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations (2014 edition only!).(I really think Amazon should not be printing reviews of older editions without making that fact very clear.)

Yes, this is a fantastic book, and yes, the pages fall out. There's a 1955 edition called, "1001 Ways to Checkmate," (not "1001 Brilliant ways to Checkmate.") It's hardbound, and the pages don't fall out. It's exactly the same book. I bought a good copy on the used market for $.03 plus shipping.

This is a classic tactical trainer, my only problem is that the binding is weak and eventually, pages will fall out.

The book is written by a chess-master who provides excellent chess puzzles. However, the actual book is poorly printed, all the puzzles are difficult to see because of the black white printing of the chessboard and pieces. It will display clearly as an e-book.

My 7-year-old grandson went from lack of focus to winning 7 of his eight matches this year. He and I set up the board and try to figure out the checkmates together. His game has really improved.

I purchased as a gift but the receiver said it was very helpful with learning new moves.

It's ok for practicing tactical motifs. I personally prefer the CT Art ones. They seem more practical. Or the ones in the encyclopedia of chess combinations.

Some of the mates are cooked (submit them to your computer), and the notation is descriptive, not algebraic. Nevertheless this book has instructed players for generations and is highly recommended as a single source for many mates.

This book provides 1001 chess diagrams, all with a forced checkmate for the side to move.It is split into different chapters, each with a different theme: Queen Sacrifices, Checkmate without the Queen, Storming the Castled Position, Harrying the King, Discovered and Double Check, Pawn Promotion, A Variety of Motifs and Composed Problems.Each chapter starts with a brief introductory page with some general advice on solving the problems that follow, but this is NOT a book which teaches you how to solve the problems. That is something you have to do yourself - you learn by solving the problems and then recognizing similar positions that crop up later.There is no doubt that working your way through this book will help improve your chess. However, if you're not prepared to try to solve the problems yourself, forget it - you'll be wasting your time. So, if the idea of solving 1001 problems fills you with dread, do something else instead!Although I think this book is excellent, I can't give it 5 stars for two reasons: Firstly, the pages of my copy starting falling out soon after I bought it - please note that this is NOT a Dover publication (their books are of excellent quality), it is re-print by a different publisher.Secondly, I gave up on the Composed Problems chapter. There are 70 of these composed problems and I found that I simply wasn't interested in solving these positions which look like nothing you will ever encounter in a real game.In summary, I think this book is excellent value for money and if you are prepared to work through it your chess should improve - you might even enjoy the experience!

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Kindleで購入しました。問題は位置ページ一問でパラパラ解きやすい構成です。大きさも程よく拡大されています。感心したのが、問題図のページにある問題番号をタップすると回答に移動できるのは便利だと感じました。一つ戻るボタン、または回答ページにある問題番号タップで次の問題への移動もスムーズなので、サクサク読めます。こういう親切な作りの電子書籍はとても嬉しいですね。☆10くらいです。

全２２４ページ。Checkmate の問題集。１手〜１２手問題（全１００１問）。- Contents -1.Queen Sacrifices2.Checkmate without the Queen3.Storming the Castled Position4.Harrying the King5.Discovered Check and Double Check6.Pawn Promotion7.A Variety of Motifs8.Composed Problems１ページに６問掲載。解答は最後の方にまとめてあります。Descriptive Notation ですが、安価ですし多くの問題を解くことで Checkmate する力をつけることができますのでオススメの本です。問題は Simple Checkmates の本より難しくなりますが、その分勉強になります。R1300 越えたら良いと思います。

この本の21st century edition版は印刷がとても良いです。John Nunnの1001 Deadly Checkmatesもいいと思いましたがちょっと難しいので、こちらのほうが楽しくメイトパターンを学べる飽きない問題集だと思いました。

This book is one of the best for me, chess beginner. How to checkmate or how to gain the better position are shown in each exercises.