In the World of Tactics

By Anatoly Lein

In the World of Tactics, Volume 1, by Grandmaster Anatoly Lein In the World of Tactics is the only collection of each year's finest chess combinations. See today's top-rated Grandmasters (including... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886846111
• ISBN13: 9781886846111
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Pickard and Son Publishers
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An interesting and instructive book - not for beginners

In this fine book, Lein shows 200 complex positions from GM play in 1997, and the reader is invited to analyze the position and choose a continuation, as in the typical puzzle book. What is atypical, and seems to have bothered some reviewers, is that the continuations, though tactical, often don't lead to an immediate win. In other words, it's more like real chess. In many cases the result is a small advantage that must then be further exploited, and in other cases the tactic serves to avoid a loss. But Lein always gives the continuation to the end of the game or to a clearly winning position. If you're looking for an ordinary puzzle book for the bus ride to work, this may not be the one for you. Some of the positions may also be too subtle and complex for some readers. But if you're looking for something deeper and highly instructive, you'll find this book valuable, as I have.