Lakdawala: Tactical Training metadata-enriched Working through and understanding these

Working through and understanding these concepts and methods will enable you to recognize analogous situations in your own tournament practice and then apply the methods described here in practice

such as Mikhail Tal

many of them from elite tournaments

The many practical exercises that De la Villa has selected will help you improve and retain what you have learned

You cannot rely on feeling or intuition – you will have to turn on your brainpower

Lakdawala: Tactical Training metadata-enriched Working through and understanding theseIt is hard to understate the importance of tactical ability to overall chess proficiency. Of course other elements such as a knowledge of opening play and an understanding of strategy are also important. However, it is undoubtedly the case that 99% of games are won or lost because one player either spots or overlooks a tactic. Consider your own games and just imagine how much stronger you would be if you never overlooked a tactical idea. The good news