It’s time to boost your chess training!

This is the eagerly awaited follow-up to The Complete Chess Workout, Richard Palliser’s highly acclaimed chess puzzle book. Now he presents the reader with 1200 new puzzles, every one checked for accuracy by the latest computer engines.

All top chess players agree that to keep your tactical muscles in shape it’s imperative to continue training, and the easiest and most fun way to do this is by performing tactical exercises. Even solving a few puzzles for ten minutes each day can be of the utmost benefit for the aspiring player.

Just as in his first book, Palliser provides something for players of all levels: a huge number of basic tactics - forks, pins, skewers and checkmates - to appeal to beginners and improvers, and many brain-teasers that will tax even the strongest of players. All the important tactical themes are covered, while there are special sections on opening traps and endgames. Work your way through this book, and unleash your enhanced tactical powers on future opponents!

• A comprehensive training manual for chess tactics

• All puzzles checked by computer engines

• Ideal for all levels of player

Content:

003 About the Author

007 Introduction

009 1. Warming Up

026 2. Attack!

132 3. Opening Tricks and Traps

137 4. Skill in the Endgame

154 5. Loose Pieces and Overloading

181 6. Fiendish Calculation

192 7. Test Yourself

213 8. Solutions