Mosttacticsandtrainingbooksaregoodforboostingyourcalculationability,buttheydonotteachyouhowtocalculate.ThisisthedifferenceIwanttomakewithmyownbooks,byarrangingtheexercisesindifferentcategoriessothatthethinkingprocessmorecloselyresemblestheonewehaveduringagame.Level1ofmynewseriesconsistsoflearninghowtocheckmateyouropponent.Thefirstthreechaptersarearatherclassicaltacticstraining,thenthingsgetharder.InChapter4,youhavetotrapyouropponent’sking;inChapter5,youhavetowinbyeliminatingthedefenderinyouropponent’sposition;inChapter6,byusingadecisivedoublethreatandinChapter7,withanunexpectedwinningsacrifice.Chapter8consistsofafewotherproblemswhichrequiredshortinstructions.Youshouldgothroughthebookchapterbychapter.Thecomplexityoftheexamplesincreasesthroughoutthebook,andyoushouldn’tskipacategoryifyouconsiderittooeasy.Thebookcoversthefullthinkingprocessyoushouldhavewhentryingtomateyouropponent,orwhenthesituationofyouropponent’skingmaytemptyoutolookfurtherinamatingdirection.Aswithalltraining,thereisawarm-up,atoughphase,abreak,arelaxingphase,thenanothertoughphase,andrespectingthepedagogicalorderofthebookwillmakesurethatyouderivethemaximumbenefitfromit,andare100%readyforLevel2.Afteryouhavecompletedall276exercisesinthebookyouwon’tletyouropponent’skingescapewhenitshouldn’t.Readingitshouldpayoffquicklyintermsofresults!AndthisisexactlywhatIwishyou.
