This book is the ideal guide to efficiently learning chess tactics. Drawing on the games of mostly amateur players, it describes more than 30 core tactical motifs, from pins and skewers, to deflection and interference. Perfect for beginners, but also suitable for intemediates, the book includes precisely 999 exercises, to hone your skills, plus another 200 or so in the preceding explanations. At the end of each chapter, a handy recapitulation is provided. The carefully picked examples, detailed explanations and comprehensiveness of motifs illustrated certainly make this volume a nice starting point on the path to becoming an expert chess tactician.