Chess is 99% tactics. This celebrated observation is not only true for beginners but also for
club players (Elo 1500 – 2000). If you want to win more games nothing works better than
training your combination skills. There are two types of books on tactics: those that introduce
the concepts followed by some examples and workbooks that contain lots of exercises. FIDE
Master Frank Erwich has done both: he explains all key tactical ideas AND provides an enormous
amount of exercises for each different theme. Erwich has created a complete tactics book for
ambitious club and tournament players. He teaches you how to reach the next level of
identifying weak spots in the position of your opponent recognizing patterns of combinations
visualizing tricks and calculating effectively. Erwich has also included a new and important
element: tests that will improve your defensive skills. 1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players
is not a collection of freewheeling puzzles. It serves as a course text book because only the
most didactically productive exercises are featured. Every chapter starts with easy examples
but no worries: the level of difficulty will steadily increase.
