Look Around! - Find Tactics Faster
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This book is designed to enhance your ability to recognize tactical opportunities by examining the static elements of a chess position. Each problem in this collection begins with an analysis of these static elements, guiding you to find the tactical solution. With 230 annotated positions, this book provides a rich resource for improving your tactical skills.
By working through these positions, you’ll develop a sharper eye for tactical possibilities in your own games, enabling you to exploit a larger percentage of opportunities.
Effective tactical play is rooted in good calculation, which involves both ‘looking around’ and ‘looking ahead’.
Looking around involves examining the static elements in a position that are relevant to tactic opportunities.
These elements include:
- What are possible checks for both sides?
- Which checks are safe?
- Are discovered (or double) checks possible?
- Which checks are captures?
- Possible captures for both sides.
- What units are undefended?
- Are any units pinned?
- Tied down?
- Blocked?
- Trapped?
- Are there any possible forks?
- Are there any possible discoveries?
- Are there any other tactical possibilities?
- How safe are the kings?
- What squares adjacent to kings are attacked?
- Are back ranks weak?
- Are there any dangerous passed pawns?
What You Get
Look Around! offers 230 positions taken from games played by strong players, mostly masters. Each position is accompanied by point-form notes derived from static analysis, training you to identify these features and find decisive moves.
Tactical solutions in this book may lead to checkmate, material gain (ranging from a pawn to a queen or more), or drawing opportunities from difficult positions through triple repetition, stalemate, or insufficient material. Sometimes, tactics can also improve a losing position, keeping you in the game.
Those who purchase the e-book can read through the book in reading mode, move through the material in interactive study mode, or drill the material via several methods, including spaced repetition or by looping through the material multiple times until mastered. The spaced repetition and looping sets are available to all members who have purchased the book, and do not require a premium membership.
The companion books in this series look at the other side of calculation, ‘looking ahead’, and can be found here: