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Puzzlesby Pattern

Learn to spot tactical patterns.

Puzzles by Pattern groups 500 real-game puzzles around 11 tactical ideas. Each chapter begins with seven worked examples to show the idea in action. The puzzles that follow give you the chance to recognise and use the same pattern for yourself.

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Puzzles by Pattern, standing
Puzzles by Pattern, open
Worked examples from the Pins chapter facing its first four puzzles.

Inside

  1. 500 puzzles, all from real games
  2. Eleven chapters, each focused on a tactical idea
  3. Seven worked examples at the start of every chapter
  4. Clear diagrams with room to write your line
  5. Answers only a short flip away

Every position is from a real game in the Lichess puzzle database, and every line is checked by Stockfish, the opponent’s replies included.

Who it is for

Players who want to learn the common tactical ideas one at a time: see each one worked through, then practise until you spot it in your own games.

Learn tactical patterns and find them in your own games.

The book

Puzzles500
LayoutFour to a page, answers every 20
LevelPuzzles rated 1000–2200 on Lichess
Pages188
Trim6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm), paperback
AuthorCharles Davison
PublisherSixty-Four Press
ISBN978-87-977462-9-5

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Puzzles by Piece

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