Extreme Chess Tactics

In over-the-board chess (in which Afek is also highly accomplished), the tactical ideas tend to be less complex, but they may prove harder to identify – unless they are already familiar to you. Then the reader immediately gets to use this knowledge in a series of carefully selected exercises.. As one of the world’s greatest experts on chess composition, Yochanan Afek is the perfect man to select the best studies for this purpose. This book features both composed studies and real-game positions. Following the structure of John Nunn’s best-selling Learn Chess Tactics, in each chapter a theme is introduced and a number of examples are explained. We can focus purely on the key ideas, which makes them an ideal learning tool. Afek provides a case in point in his introduction, where the stunning final move of the 2016 world championship could not possib

Yochanan Afek is both a Grandmaster of Composition and an over-the-board International Master. His greatest over-the-board success was winning the Paris Championship in 2002.. He grew up in Tel-Aviv and now lives in Amsterdam. This unique combination of talents makes him a highly insightful writer, noted for his work on the factors that make moves hard to see

Then the reader immediately gets to use this knowledge in a series of carefully selected exercises.Yochanan Afek is both a Grandmaster of Composition and an over-the-board International Master. In over-the-board chess (in which Afek is also highly accomplished), the tactical ideas tend to be less complex, but they may prove harder to identify – unless they are already familiar to you. This unique combination of talents makes him a highly insightful writer, noted for his work on the factors that make moves hard to see. His greatest over-the-board success was winning the Paris Championship in 2002. Afek provides a case in point in his introduction, where the stunning final move of the 2016 world championship could not possibly have been missed by those familiar with a previous