Chess 101: 50 Advanced Puzzles

The Advanced Puzzles book contains 50 advanced chess puzzles for experienced players. There are a dozen of each of the following puzzles: mate in three, mate in four and mate in five, and an additional 14 puzzles that will challenge you to find the best move to win material and create winning positions.

Some of the puzzles are forced mates, but many of them will force you to find the best move for white and black to correctly solve the puzzle. I believe that makes these puzzles more realistic, since that's exactly what you're supposed to do when playing the game, finding not only your best move, but your opponents as well.

Many chess puzzle books ask the reader to solve all the puzzles from the perspective of the white pieces. But that's also not realistic. In this book you will be asked to solve puzzles from the vantage point of the black pieces as well.

In his book Advanced Puzzles, Dave Schloss has found an excellent way to boost tactical skills. He does this with puzzles so challenging that once you've started, you'll find it difficult to put the book down.

Advanced Puzzles is a neatly organized, highly entertaining and instructive book, and I have no hesitation recommending it.

“In his book Advanced Puzzles, Dave Schloss has found an excellent way to boost tactical skills. He does this with puzzles so challenging that once you've started, you'll find it difficult to put the book down. Advanced Puzzles is a neatly organized, highly entertaining and instructive book, and I have no hesitation recommending it." International Master Dr. Alex Davidovic