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TACTICS PART 2. TACTICS. NO-NAME-NO-HINT PUZZLES
* No-name-no-hint tactical puzzles. Having problems with solving simple tactical puzzles? Then you should go solving ‘em not-stop all day long and every other day because chess is tactics
* Tactical HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)
* Reminder: You can and you should organize your Tactical Training right there on LICHESS.ORG. Puzzle dashboard
* Lichess.org’s Puzzle Streak, Puzzle Storm, Puzzle Racer
No-name-no-hint puzzles
Tactical Patterns below just in bulk with no pattern names given in order to avoid any clue
Having problems with solving simple tactical puzzles? Then you should go solving ‘em not-stop all day long and every other day because chess is tactics. Go lichess.org, on your smartphone scroll down to the puzzle diagram below the live game being played by some of the top players, click on the puzzle diagram. There you are. Enjoy!
Keep developing your chess language! Think out loud! For learning purposes always say out loud the logic of the tactics of each task! Remember the Production Effect! Speaking words aids in building your Long-Time Memory!
Cover diagrams with a piece of paper and go solving puzzles.
This is your job for today and days to come.
As a beginner starter you are free to read stories to the right of the diagrams
Image: Wikimedia, Lewis chessmen by Paul Hudson from United Kingdom, © Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
Tactical HIIT
(High Intensity Interval Training)
- Set your timer for 1 minute.
- Go count pieces on the board to assess the material balance.
- Am I going to be checkmated right now if I play indirect, intermediate move? Ask this question from the side-to-play’s perspective.
- Once you have assessed the situation on the diagram, go and click your timer going and solve the puzzle inside 1 minute limit.
Reminder: You can and you should organize your Tactical Training right there on LICHESS.ORG.
Go and register, go to your profile – click your tactical progress icon (target with arrow) – choose Puzzle Dashboard to see your progress in solving tactical Puzzles: your performance (rating), percentage of solved patterns. The most important is the graph below showing your progress in solving the most basic tactical motifs (patterns) with their names. There you namely know your weak and strong tactical angles.
Once you have been caught cheating you are banned and you lose your data, your game stats, you are unable to play and track your progress. Remember that.
Lichess.org Puzzle Streak, Puzzle Storm, Puzzle Racer
These brain kickers are for… kicking your brain. They train you to solve puzzles under psychological stress and time shortage. This strengthens your psyche and develops your resistance to stress!
Puzzle Streak wants you to “solve progressively harder puzzles and build a win streak. There is no clock, so take your time. One wrong move, the game’s over! But you can skip one move per session”.
Puzzle Storm trains you to quickly find patterns.
Puzzle Racer is a competitive game for players to solve puzzles inside 90 seconds and earn points. Offers a competitive method for developing the absolutely essential skills of finding tactical motives in any given position.
These submenus contain all the invaluable training methods, designed and organized for your convenience.
