I hate having to devote a hand to holding the book open. One awful problem with paperback book presentation of puzzles is that paperback book bindings flip the book shut. Also, his work is obviously not computer-checked: at one point he includes a Marshall "combination" that led to a win for Capablanca! But I think computer checking matters little: I would be happy to be able to think like Blokh, let alone a computer.Ĭhess shot puzzles are far better when presented in Fritz versus in the static pages of a printed paperback book. Unfortunately he does not give variations, just the main line. I like his taste, his logical mind and choice of materials also he gives you MANY examples of each theme, pins, for example, progressively arranged first by theme, then in order of stated difficulty levels, starting at maybe 1600. Another good 2-volume set is by the Ukranian Shmirin. There is another great old Russian book by Shumilin called "Chess Tactics Training" the problems are quite difficult, but some are really amazing, and it does give many variations.
His new book "Combinative Motifs" has many of the same problems as CT-Art 3 and 4, but with some corrections that pretty clearly come from computer checking, and rearranged according to "motifs" that you could notice before seeing the combination rather than by themes that require you to see the combination to notice the theme. Blokh has a beautiful eye for choosing tactics he shows you very interesting and important mechanisms.
The last part of 1b is not that elementary, maybe 1500-1700.
Agree that Ivaschenko's Chess School 2 is maybe pitched around 1700-2000.
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