1001 Chess Exercises For — Beginners

Leo jumped. It was Master Varian, the club’s custodian and a man whose face looked like a crumpled topographic map. Varian slid into the seat opposite Leo. He didn’t look at the board; he looked at Leo.

| Chapter | Theme | Number of Exercises | |---------|-------|---------------------| | 1 | Mate in 1 | ~140 | | 2 | Double Attack | ~150 | | 3 | Discovered Attack | ~90 | | 4 | Pin | ~100 | | 5 | Skewer | ~70 | | 6 | Deflection | ~70 | | 7 | Interference | ~50 | | 8 | Overloading / Removing the defender | ~90 | | 9 | Passed pawn, promotion | ~80 | | 10 | Trapped piece | ~60 | | 11 | Draws (perpetual, stalemate, fortress) | ~50 | | 12 | Mixed exercises (unknown theme) | ~150 | 1001 chess exercises for beginners

Recommended: Yes, for anyone rated 800–1400 who has learned basic tactical motifs and wants a “tactics gym” to build pattern recognition. Not recommended for someone who has never solved a chess puzzle before. Leo jumped

He looked at the answer key in the back. Discovered Attack. It wasn't a brilliant combination of ten moves. It was geometry. It was physics. He didn’t look at the board; he looked at Leo