What is Your Chess Rating? Take this Comprehensive Self-Evaluation!

Would you like to know how good you really are at chess? Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned master, this book will help you to evaluate your current level, identify your weaknesses and get training advice.

You will discover:

• 100 diagrams & 200 total questions of various levels of difficulty.

• Comprehensive answers with diagrams to make reviewing easier.

• Distributions of answers, percentiles and other statistical reports by rating.

• Results are evaluated and Ratings are assigned Overall & by 12 distinct categories: Opening, Middlegame, Endgame, Attack, Defense, Counterattack, Tactics, Strategy, Calculations, Standard Positions (Endgame), Sacrifices, and Threat Recognition.

• Comprehensive reports on each of the categories with examples, training recommendations and book/materials suggestions.

"A comprehensive exam that will quickly and accurately test your combinational ability, your positional judgment and endgame expertise.. .Instructive and entertaining!" - Alex Yermolinsky, Grandmaster, former US champion and member of US Olympic team

"This book will prove helpful for students and teachers who want to get an objective idea of their strengths and weaknesses and how to correct them... it is very easy to understand and the didactic style shows through" - John Donaldson, International Master, director of Mechanics' Institute Chess Club

"This book clearly shows what parts of the game you may want to improve and then tells you how to do that. I recommend this book to all my students!" - Jaan Ehlvest, Grandmaster, former World Championship candidate, president of Ehlvest Chess-Gates LLC

"The training ideas and book recommendations are right on the money!" - Alex Shabalov, Grandmaster, 3-times US Champion

List of Content

009 About the Author

011 Preface - A Note to the Reader

017 Warning - Disclaimer

018 Chess Symbols

019 Acknowledgements

021 Final Comments: How to Take the Exam

Exam

023 Sub-test 1 - Questions 1-10

045 Sub-test 2 - Questions 11 -20

067 Sub-test 3 - Questions 21 - 30

089 Sub-test 4 - Questions 31 - 40

111 Sub-test 5 - Questions 41 - 50

133 Sub-test 6 - Questions 51 - 60

155 Sub-test 7 - Questions 61 - 70

177 Sub-test 8 - Questions 71 - 80

199 Sub-test 9 - Questions 81 - 90

221 Sub-test 10 - Questions 91 - 100

Tables and Charts

243 Introduction

244 Instructions: How to use the Tables

246 Tables

Training Tips and Recommendations

255 Introduction

257 Attack: Find Your Targets and Shoot

261 Counterattack: Turning the Tables

265 Defense: Various Techniques

268 Opening: Start Your Game Right

272 Middlegame: Complexity is Escalating

276 Endgame: Maximum Result with Minimum Material

281 Tactics: Exciting Explosions on the Chessboard

285 Strategy: Do You Have a Plan?

288 Calculation: Anticipate Opponent's Moves

292 Standard Positions (Endgames)

297 Sacrifice: Check is the Only Threat You can't Ignore

302 Recognizing Threats: Be on the Alert!

307 Analyzing Your Own Games

309 Khmelnitsky's Top-10 Training Tips

311 Afterword: What is the Next Step?

313 Appendix 1: Recommended Chess Training Tools

316 Appendix 2: Index of Players and Composers

319 Order Form