Winning Chess Tactics (Revised Edition) | Yasser Seirawan

“Tactics are manoeuvres that take advantage of short-term opportunities” Yassar Seirawan

Winning Chess Tactics – Fully Revised and Updated by Yasser Seirawan is an instructional book designed to enhance your tactical awareness and skills. This revised edition covers fundamental tactics such as forks, pins, skewers, and discovered attacks. 

Seirawan, a renowned Grandmaster, uses clear language and illustrative examples to explain how to identify and effectively use tactical opportunities in actual games.

This edition is updated with modern examples and additional puzzles, making it a practical resource for anyone aiming to strengthen their tactical play. Readers have praised Seirawan’s ability to simplify complex ideas, making them accessible while still challenging enough to foster improvement.

• Aimed primarily at beginner to intermediate players
• Learn how to plan your game from the very first move
• Seirawan will teach you how to think ahead, step-by-step, anticipating every obstacle your opponents can throw at you
• Including board positions from actual games played by history’s great chess tacticians
• Review tests for each topic will help you track your progress

*This book is a part of Seirawan’s Winning Chess series:  Play Winning Chess # 1 - Winning Chess Openings – Winning Chess Endings

Reader’s reviews:
 
An excellent book to improve your tactical play - Chesscorner.com.

Seirawan does a remarkable job of discussing tactics that usually appear only in books for advanced players and communicating them to anyone with a grasp of playing fundamental - Alude.com.

This book is the most thorough treatment of tactics that I have ever seen - Evan Kreider, ChessPraxis.

About the author:

Yasser Seirawan is a Syrian-born American chess Grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess author and commentator.

Other details:
Paperback
240 pages
Dimensions: 19.05cm x 1.91cm x 23.50cm 
ISBN-13: 9781857443868