Win chess games fast! Sharpen your tactical skills in 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Queen Pawn Openings. When you find a check that forces checkmate, you win. Game over. This book has 200 puzzles that teach you checkmates in Queen Pawn openings after 1.d4 d5. Most positions follow 2.c4 lines such as the Queens Gambit Declined, Queens Gambit Accepted, Semi-Slav, Slav Defence, or Albin Counter Gambit. Not included are positions after 2.e4 dxe4 which are covered in Blackmar-Diemer Puzzles. How are the puzzles easy? Because every move is a check. Even the mates in two begin with a check. How are they puzzles? Because there is more than one possible check.
The author Tim Sawyer provides you with a variety of typical early checkmates. Try to solve these mates faster each time you practice. You have 50 mates in one and 50 mates in two with each color. You strengthen your skill with three levels of knowledge. First, you learn what checkmates can occur in the opening. Second, you learn to solve them correctly. Third, you learn them so well that you cannot miss them. Puzzles 1 to 100 are all White to move. White starts at the bottom of those diagrams. Puzzles 101 to 200 are all Black to move. Black starts at the bottom of those diagrams. Repeated practice makes you a winner. Go forth and win!
The author Tim Sawyer provides you with a variety of typical early checkmates. Try to solve these mates faster each time you practice. You have 50 mates in one and 50 mates in two with each color. You strengthen your skill with three levels of knowledge. First, you learn what checkmates can occur in the opening. Second, you learn to solve them correctly. Third, you learn them so well that you cannot miss them. Puzzles 1 to 100 are all White to move. White starts at the bottom of those diagrams. Puzzles 101 to 200 are all Black to move. Black starts at the bottom of those diagrams. Repeated practice makes you a winner. Go forth and win!
