1001 DEADLY CHECKMATES

Author: John Nunn

Gambit Publications (2011)

304 pages

$21.95

 

Reviewed by John Donaldson

 

English Grandmaster John Nunn has long been regarded as one of the chess world’s most dependable authors and his latest effort, 1001 DEADLY CHECKMATES maintains this reputation.

 

Recognizing patterns has long been viewed as one of the hallmarks of chess mastery and 1001 DEADLY CHECKMATES offers a series of exercises to train this skill arranged by theme and increasing difficulty. To challenge those of a competitive nature points are awarded for each correct answer with solvers able to track their success.

 

Gambit Publications has produced a series of books on checkmate and tactics puzzles. Nunn ranks the present as harder than his LEARN CHESS TACTICS with THE ULTIMATE PUZZLE BOOK by John Emms, 365 WAYS TO CHECKMATE by Joseph Gallager and THE GIANT CHESS PUZZLE BOOK by Zenon Franco all slightly more advanced.

 

Recommended for players from 1400 to 2200.

 

Click to buy (or get more information about) 1001 DEADLY CHECKMATES

 

Other Gambit books on chess tactics:

 

CHESS TACTICS FOR KIDS (by Chandler)

 

LEARN CHESS TACTICS (by Nunn)

 

THE GIANT CHESS PUZZLE BOOK (by Zenon Franco)

 

365 WAYS TO CHECKMATE! (by Gallagher)