Greatest 525 Puzzles, from practical games of 2018

En bok med 525 kombinasjoner som alle ble spilt i 2018! Antallet og variasjonen mye takket være internettpartier i lyn- og hurtigsjakk som en del av det hele. Delt på tre ulike nivåer er de fleste oppgavene likevel vanskelige, mye for spillere rating 1600 og opp.

Forlagets egen omtale:

This book is the continuation of the successful puzzle-book series, which started with the “Greatest 365 Puzzles” and “Greatest 501 Puzzles” from 2012. It was followed by „Tactics, Tactics, Tactics!” Volumes 3 and 4 which covered the best practical puzzles of 2013-2015 and the next ones of the series were the "Greatest 551 Puzzles" and the Greatest 550 puzzles" with the combinations of 2016 and 2017.

The new book contains 525 puzzles divided into 3 chapters. You will find a huge range of tactical ideas that you can use in your own games! All the puzzles have been collected from practical games throughout 2018.

Csaba Balogh was born on 19th of March 1987. His best rating is 2672. Grandmaster since 2004. European Individual U-16 Champion in 2003, Budva. Member of the Hungarian National Team since 2005. Best tournament result: Olympic silver medalist in 2014.

Forfatterens forord:

First of all, I would like to say thank you to my good friend GM Adam Horvath, who helped me to collect and select the greatest puzzles of 2018.

As a professional chess player, I know exactly how important it is to perform well in tactical calculations. We face them so oft en that aft er playing a great game, we can simply blunder something and throw away a safe point, causing ourself sleepless nights!

For most of the players and chess fans, the biggest pleasure in a chessgame is to beat an opponent with a beautiful combination, of which we can be proud at.However to live with all the given oportunities and not miss any of the chan-ces, we must stay in sharp shape all the time, what we can reach only by prac-ticing puzzlesolving.

Many puzzle books are based on artifi cial positions or selected only for their beauty. Th e concept of my book is diff erent. The highest priority is to “use the practical side of the puzzles” and take the level of calculation to a comple-tely new dimension.

All the puzzles have been selected from recent games, trying to put the reader in the shoes of “the player”.The difficulty of the different sections might also give you a right evaluation of your current tactical skills and bring them further ahead.

I tried to mix three things in my book:

1. a lot of fun in solving the puzzles,
2. a lot of diff erent tactical ideas,
3. and of course, the direct practical use for your future games.

A very important factor to keep in mind — all the practical motifs from the book can defi nitely be used in your future games!

Enjoy! Csaba Balogh