A Free 700-Page Chess Manual Explains 1,000 Chess Tactics in Straightforward English

Preda­tor at the Chess­board is a flat-out ped­a­gog­i­cal mas­ter­piece. Each tac­tic is intro­duced in the sim­plest pos­si­ble cir­cum­stances, fol­lowed by a sequence of incre­men­tal­ly added com­plex­i­ties, until you’re look­ing for the tac­tic by pat­tern recog­ni­tion, or a few moves ahead, as you would in a real game. Each game board is accom­pa­nied by a para­graph explain­ing in clear terms what you should be look­ing for and think­ing as you scan the posi­tion.

I worked through these books over eigh­teen months, about half an hour a night. If you’re look­ing for a place to learn tac­tics and see the beau­ty of the game, there’s no bet­ter resource.

I only find a link to ama­zon. Not a free down­load link.

Request to have a free copy of the said chess man­u­al

I know moral­i­ty is all but out­dat­ed. But this shame­ful mar­ket­ing scheme will ulti­mate­ly meet its con­se­quence.

To every­one won­der­ing why the links point to Ama­zon where the book is avail­able for pur­chase. As I under­stood the arti­cle the con­tent of the books is being made freely avail­able on the web site. It was nev­er stat­ed that free books were avail­able. I under­stand the desire for free stuff but this is still a gift nonethe­less.

Chess is war

You’re click­ing the wrong link then accus­ing some­one of immoral tac­tics.

Moron.