What is the best chess tactics book and why?

I am looking to teach someone how to play chess.





Having shown them the moves and one or two strategically 鈥榖asics鈥?such as moving the pawns in the middle first, I am looking to sharpen their tactical ability so that they can spot things such as forks and skewers and win material.





I would be very grateful if chess players could advise what chess book you would recommend to help me and why.|||I can recommend two excellent books that just happen to be written by two people in the same family. The first is "Chess Tactics for Champions" by Susan Polgar. She is a four-time Woman's World Champion. The second was written by her father Laszlo Polgar. His book contains 5334 problems, combinations and games. Each section builds on the last and they get more difficult as they go along.





You can also direct them to two excellent sites on the web to help them improve their tactical skills. The first is http://chesstempo.com/. This website is excellent for early tactical training. The second site is Chess Tactics Server at: http://chess.emrald.net/ which would suit someone with some experience as they put time pressure on the puzzles. So, you have two books and two websites to work with depending on the medium you prefer.





Hope that helps!|||The following are chess tactics books commonly recommended for beginners:





Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess, 3rd edition


http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Gu鈥?/a>


Chess Tactics for Students


http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tactics-Stud鈥?/a>


Winning Chess Tactics


http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Tact鈥?/a>





Also you may give him this website for beginners on tactics


http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Be鈥?/a>


(scroll down to "Beginner Tactics")|||Recommended:





1) Lev Alburt's and Sam Palatnik Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player the material and methods they use in the book are taught in Russian Chess Schools and worked very,very well in the former Soviet Union absolutely solid book for anyone who spends the time to study it.





2) Chess Cafe Puzzle Book Test and Improve your Tactical Vision by Karsten Muller:





Covers all Tactical motifs great book for improving the tactical vision of beginners and master players even Susan Polgar likes the book (she knows her stuff when it comes to tactics) gave her thumbs up in the forward.





3) How to become a Deadly Chess Tactician by David Lemoir





Written in a friendly way with lots of guidance on how to spot surprising tactics and handle positions of material imbalance he stresses the three keys to becoming a deadly tactician are motivation, imagination and calculation.|||All the previously mentioned books are good, but it also depends on the age and innate ability of the person you are teaching. If they are younger or brand new and still grasping at the basics, I would try books that just start off with mate in two's etc. and then work up from there. The Lazlo Polgar problem book has it all in one book but it is HUGE, weighing several pounds. However, if you look you can get it at a good price. I found my copy in a clearance bin for $4.99. There are lots of good mate in two problem books out there if you look. Try www.uschess.org or other sites.|||author : irving chernev


title : winning chess, how to see three moves ahead





its a used book and out of print....expect to pay $60





each chapter deals with a specific point of logic, one chapter is a knight fork, one chapter is a skewer, etc, etc, etc|||There is another very good free tactics web site





http://www.ideachess.com/