Hello all. I was looking at picking up "The Woodpecker Method" as I want to drill lots of tactics. However, I believe this book is too advanced for me. Does anyone have suggestions for a tactics book that I could use with the Woodpecker Method? Or should I just drill tactics here for an hour a day? (I do actually have the time to do that.)
Thanks for any advice!
the "Predator at the chessboard" books are pretty good for lower levels
@Playmore55 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/z4RGeBak)
> the "Predator at the chessboard" books are pretty good for lower levels
Thanks Playmore55, I will look into those.
Steps method books
@TheDifferenceOfTier5 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/wvXdOPj6)
> Steps method books
I was wondering about this. I have all the books for step 2 and the first book of step 3, and corresponding manuals. I thought maybe about going through one of those books using the Woodpecker Method but had forgotten about them. I've finished step 2. Do you have experience with the Step Method TheDifferenceOfTier5?
I would probably do Lichess puzzles mostly at your level. Although you could get the woodpecker method and just do the easy section which is probably for under 1700 lichess
@piratebt99chess said [^](/forum/redirect/post/Mf5pir8z)
> I would probably do Lichess puzzles mostly at your level. Although you could get the woodpecker method and just do the easy section which is probably for under 1700 lichess
Thanks piratebt99chess. I was leaning this way as it's easier to have puzzles on my phone when I'm on the go rather than a book, but wanted to get feedback from the community and their thoughts.
“Winning Chess ... 2013 Batsford ... This edition uses figurine algebraic notation, instead of the original descriptive notation. ... Certainly for players who do not fully grasp the meaning of terms such as skewer, pin, fork, discovered attack, and the like, Winning Chess is a wonderful resource to bring the budding player to a much greater appreciation of the game. But also for intermediate players who all too often fall victim to these tactical maneuvers, or who realize in postmortems the many attacking threats they overlooked, this should be a book to consider. ..." - Steve Goldberg (2013)
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@Hollow-1-1 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/HpPRoqRf)
> Hello all. I was looking at picking up "The Woodpecker Method" as I want to drill lots of tactics. However, I believe this book is too advanced for me. Does anyone have suggestions for a tactics book that I could use with the Woodpecker Method? Or should I just drill tactics here for an hour a day? (I do actually have the time to do that.)
> Thanks for any advice!
any book is ok, even lichess puzzles. "Chess tactics for tournament players" is good too for learning basic tactical ideas. But yeah its better to just search every puzzle on lichess or chess.com
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