Combination Challenge Chess Book by Lou Hays John Hall

"Chess is 99% tactics" -Teichmann

These quotes are fully appropriate today. In our modern era in which many chess opening and middelgame positions are guided by sophisticated stratagems, the iron fist of tactical blows is still inevitably the final arbiter of the result. After all, what good is it to play chess well up to a point and then falter when the opportunity for a winning combination presents itself? Perhaps even more discouraging is to be shocked by unforeseen tactics from a wily opponent.

In Combination Challenge! we categorize the basic motifs, giving a plethora of fascinating and instructive chess examples for each type. The book is a must for chess players under the Master level. Those who have achieved Expert or Master class can continue to improve their tactical skills with the challenging and entertaining format provided.

Armed with the various chess tactical devices shown here you cannot help but play with increased vigor, gaining more chess victories than ever before in the dashing combinative style.

This classic best seller gives you 1154 tactical problems to solve PLUS a training method for learning chess tactics by "osmosis".