Intensive Course Tactics: Vol. 2

With almost 3,000 training positions and more than 6,300 training questions to be solved, the latest CD by George Renko is not short on weight. The theme of the exercises is forced variations. These are known to be an important characteristic of combinations.

The introduction is followed by six databases on the themes: mate, mate or material, material, perpetual check, stalemate and special cases. These databases have between 26 and 64 examples explain - still without training questions - important motifs. The number of such motifs is known to be very limited, and so they ought to be easy to assimilate. But there is only one way of recognizing them in practical play: practice, practice, practice.

The material is further divided as follows (there is an index for each group)

a) Intermediate Level
b) Advanced Level
c) Master Level

In each index there are four databases on the themes

• 1. Checkmate
• 2. Material
• 3. Draws
• 4. Exercises

You can train away to your heart's content. George Renko is a mathematician and a chess trainer. He comes from the Soviet Union, but has lived for many years in the USA. ChessBase has already published his CDs Intensive Course Tactics, Vol. 1, Killer Moves, and Deadly Threats.