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Summary: Great Book!!!!!1
Review: This is a must have, every puzzle is a gem!! The book shows you the board in a certain position and tells you how many moves til mate and lets you find it! It is great!!
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Summary: Despite some errors, a great puzzle book.
Review: This was one of the first chess puzzle books I have purchased. I was a beginner when I got this. By the time I finished it, a couple years later, I considered myself an intermediate (USCF Rating ~1600). This book, and other puzzle books, are the backbone of being able to visualize and calculate better.Pandolfini's format is good, moving from the most easy to the most difficult problems throughout the book. The player can progress at his own pace. I personally kept a notebook with all of my analysis as I went through the harder ones. I also used the book to warm-up before games, solving 5-10 problems. How you use it is up to your own creativity. The problems are good too I think, and simulate game-like positions. Also, the layout of the book is nice and makes it easy to use. My only criticism is some analytical or typographical errors in Pandolfini's solutions. A couple times, I spent a long time on a problem, found a solution, and went to the back and found that I was wrong, only to re-analyze the problem (and eventually show it to friends) and find that his solution was incorrect. There were a few of these errors in the book (maybe 5-7 out of the 300 or so problems), and one problem where he had as White to move, and it was really a Black-to-move problem. However, despite these errors, this is a good book overall, and beginners and intermediate players can benefit from solving the problems held within.
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