Visualization and Calculation Trainer: Interactive Chess Exercises

563 Pages·2014·8.49 MB·English

by  Vladimir Botkinsky

Visualization and Calculation Trainer: Interactive
Chess Exercises
By
Vladimir Botkinsky
&
Jenny Newberry

Copyright © 2014. All rights reserved. No duplication without the express written permission of the
author.
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WARNING: This is a book. You should never read this
book while doing anything that requires your full attention!
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Contents
Instructions
Algebraic Notation
Board Coordinates
Section I: Coordinates & Square Color (1-64)
Section II: Visualization Exercises 1-4 (65-85)
Section III: Visualization Exercises 5-10 (6 Games)
Section IV: Calculation Exercises (1-55)
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Section I: Coordinates & Square Color ---1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56
57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
Section II: Visualization Exercises 1-4 ---[V1] 65 66 67 68 69 70 [V2] 71 72 73 74 75 [V3] 76 77 78 79
80 [V4] 81 82 83 84 85
Section III: Visualization Exercises 5-10 ---Game 1 -- Game 2 -- Game 3 -- Game 4 -- Game 5 -- Game
6
Section IV: Calculation Exercises ---1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55
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Instructions
Chess visualization and calculation skills must be developed if one is to be proficient. To this end, this
interactive chess book is designed to help you train. Work hard on the problems presented and the skills
will transfer over to your own chess games.
(1) Please adjust your reader's font size accordingly to fit the content on each page.
(2) Whenever possible, use the internal links on each page instead of the controllers on your device.
(3) The board coordinates are not included on the problems. This was done on purpose to help you.
Strong chess players know the board very well.
(4) Please work hard on the problems presented. This is the only way you will transfer the skills over to
your own games. And, of course, your chess rating will go up naturally.
Lastly, enjoy yourself! Chess improvement is difficult. However, chess is also supposed to be fun. This is
why we created this interactive trainer.
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Algebraic Notation [Contents] [Next]
It is assumed that the reader knows the basics of chess. Those fundamentals of the game are not covered
in this book. The symbols that will be used in this book: [K = king] [Q = queen] [R = rook] [B = bishop]
[N = knight] [x = capture] [+ = check] [0-0 = kingside castle] [0-0-0 = queenside castle]
Examples:
1. Nf3
1. Nf3 e5
2. Nxe5
4. 0-0
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Section I: Coordinates & Square Color (1-64)