Amateur Games: Finding Combinations in Games and Puzzles

Finding Combinations in Games and Puzzles

National Master Dan Heisman is a name that is synonymous with excellence in chess coaching and teaching. Dan authors the award-winning Novice Nook column (winner of three Chess Journalists of America 'Best Instruction' awards), aimed at improving adults, for chesscafe.com that are clearly written and offer very practical advice and tips on how to improve your game. More info about Dan can be found here. In the new Improve Your Chess series, Dan provides instruction by reviewing amateur games played on ICC and showing where the players went wrong and how to improve.

Today's show:Taking some sample puzzles and showing how to find the solutions using Seeds of Tactical Destruction. Then comparing how these same positions can be solved in a game and how quiescence errors often prevent game solution.