It opens up to a whole world of internet chess with great people, and Grandmasters regulary play there. You can play against real people 24/7, and I've found their ratings to be reliable as well. I joined one day when I got sick of Yahoo chess. On a related note, if you're enjoy chess but you are at a crunch for time like I am, look into the Internet Chess Club (ICC). I've found that my ability to deal with openings has come of its own accord. It is also important to study the end-game because no one wants to get to a winning position but be "unsure" of whether or not it is a winning position. I have applied principles learned in this book to all elements of my game, from the opening to the end-game, and I haven't even gotten through the whole book yet. After buying it and studying the puzzles for a while, my rating has steadily increased, and I now find that I have a greater capacity to understand what's happening when I watch high level games. Anyone who wants to get serious about chess would do well to buy this fine book on tactics written by Grandmaster Susan Polgar. This is how the greatest players view the game. It is more like a puzzle to be solved and less like a "story". When you study tactics or small combinations, you learn to view each chess board like a snapshot, a world of its own, with its own particular problems (pins, skewers, forks, etc.). Does one start with the opening? Does one start with "positional play" or "strategy"? With studying classic games? I wish I had not fumbled around so long before I realized that the place to start is with tactics and with the end game. Whenever you want to get better at chess, there are so many guides out there, it's hard to know where to start. ? For intermediate to advanced chess players of all ages
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? Teaches players how to calculate the effect of a move in order to gain an edge over an opponent With coauthor Paul Truong, Susan Polgar teaches the tactics she learned from her father, Laszlo Polgar, one of the world's best chess coaches. In Chess Tactics for Champions, Polgar gives insight into the kind of thinking that chess champions rely on while playing the game, specifically the ability to recognize patterns and combinations. Her use of tactics, combinations, and strategy during her games gave her the critical advantage she needed against her opponents. Susan Polgar became the first female Grandmaster at age 15?and it wasn't luck that got her there.