Overview of the Book

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The book is intended for players rated between 1200 and 1800 USCF (50 to 150 BCF) who want to practice their chess visualization skills using exercises with variations ranging from four to twelve half-moves (ply).

It contains six sections (see below). Each section contains 4-5 chapters; each chapter contains 20-44 exercises. There are 800 exercises in this 328-page book.

One of the problems with some books is that they illustrate their themes using only 2-3 exercises. Not so here! Each theme (chapter) in this book typically contains 28-36 exercises, which provides an in-depth view of each chapter and allows you to gain a good understanding of each theme presented.

The core of the book rests on three sections that progress from exchanges on a single square (Section 1) to exchanges that take place over two sectors of the chess board (Section 3) to exchanges that take places over three sectors of the board (Section 6).

These three sections are rounded out by three other sections.

Section 2 serves as a transition between Sections 1 and 3. Like Section 1, the exercises in Section 2 also contain a series of exchanges on a single square, but here we show what can happen either before or after the exchanges. Chapter 7, After Effects, for example, contains exercises in which a series of exchanges is followed by some tactical device, such as a Knight fork. Chapter 8 contains exercises in which a series of exchanges leads to a won ending.

Sections 4 and 5 provide a transition to the Section 6, Three Sectors of the Board and provide greater coverage of the theme "two sectors of the board". Section 4 contains five chapters that contain exercises in which both Queens are under attack, while Section 5 shows two-way action in which each player is attacking in the other player's half of the board.

This gives us the following scheme:

Section 1. Exchanges on a Single Square
Section 2. Before and After
Section 3. Two Sectors of the Board
Section 4. Queens Under Attack
Section 5. Rabid Pieces and Pawns
Section 6. Three Sectors of the Board
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