[blind-chess] Some Comments on the WAC Problems
- From: "R Dinger" <rrdinger@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "chess" <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:35:44 -0700
Hello Puzzlers,
I recently learned some interesting information about the book "Win at Chess"
by Fred Reinfield. The problems from the Mario Lang website identified as
WAC001 through 300 come from that book.
First, all problems are taken from real chess games. This means that they were
all problems that had to be solved during a real game and none of them are
contrived.
The problems are organized into 15 groups of 20 problems called tests in the
book. Each test is designed to be a little harder than the previous test. So
we have finished test 1 and are on the seventh problem in test 2.
The problems are not organized by type of problem (pins, forks, mate threats
...), so you must decide what is the best next move without any hint of problem
type. These problems therefore teach you just like a real game by making you
think situationally.
I hope this helps clarify how the problems work. I plan to continue posting 2
or 3 problems a week from this book. And I may post bonus problems from other
books like "The Encyclopedia of Chess Middle Games" as well.
Richard
Other related posts:
