Ebook: Tactical Chess Training

Hays Publishing; 1st edition (December 22, 1995), 176 pages"I had a completely winning position and got cheapod!"
"I didn't see that shot!"
"I spent three months studying that opening, and I ended up losing to a pawn fork again!" "Damn tactics!" The above are typical laments of the average tournament chessplayer. Tactics are the bane of these players, and the "tactically challenged" will do anything to steer their games away from sharp positions. But what about when the position demands sharp play or an attack (and most games do at some point)? If one is playing to win, he has no good option other than starting the attack and facing the tactics which are sure to follow.
Can only the gifted learn chess tactics? Of course not. Strong players will all tell you that the intense study of tactics was a major part of their development Tactical skill is