2151 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a opening tactics?
Punishments for early mistakes: development leads converting into material, uncastled kings caught in the center and classic opening traps from real games.
How to spot it
A lead in development plus an open center almost always hides a tactic. Look at every check and every strike against f7 or f2 before routine development.
What this set trains
Teaches why opening principles exist — by showing exactly how their violations lose.
Foundation: 777Developing: 513Challenging: 386Advanced: 475
foundation
Rating 1193
advantageforkopening
foundation
Rating 1194
crushingopeningshort
foundation
Rating 1194
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1195
epauletteMatematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1196
advantageforklong
foundation
Rating 1198
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1198
capturingDefendercrushingopening
foundation
Rating 1199
attackingF2F7matemateIn2
foundation
Rating 1199
crushingopeningshort
developing
Rating 1202
crushingopeningshort
developing
Rating 1203
matemateIn2opening
developing
Rating 1204
matemateIn1oneMove
developing
Rating 1204
attackingF2F7deflectionmate
developing
Rating 1205
advantageforkopening
developing
Rating 1207
matemateIn1oneMove
developing
Rating 1207
advantageopeningpin
developing
Rating 1208
advantageforklong
developing
Rating 1208
advantagediscoveredAttackmaster
developing
Rating 1209
crushingforkopening
developing
Rating 1209
crushingopeningshort
developing
Rating 1211
matemateIn2opening
developing
Rating 1211
matemateIn1oneMove
developing
Rating 1211
matemateIn1oneMove
developing
Rating 1214
advantagemasteropening
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