96 PUZZLES
Sacrifice for Mate
Give up material to attack the king. Find the forcing move, calculate the acceptance and follow the checks all the way to checkmate.
BOOK 05
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CHESS HUNTER · BOOK 5
Sacrifice Hunter
240 Chess Puzzles
Learn when giving up material leads to a concrete result. Calculate the acceptance, the follow-up and the compensation before committing.
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240 puzzles109 pages8.5 × 11 inches
INSIDE THE BOOK
Three focused parts.
Players comfortable with basic tactics who want to calculate sacrifices with purpose.
80 PUZZLES
Sacrifice for Material
A temporary investment can win more than it costs. Count the complete exchange and identify the tactical follow-up that recovers material with interest.
64 PUZZLES
Prepare & Sacrifice
Prepare the position before offering material, or use a sacrifice to open a line, draw away a defender or connect tactical ideas. Calculate the whole sequence.
WHAT YOU PRACTISE
Invest material. Prove the return.
- Calculate sacrifices to checkmate
- Count the full material exchange
- Prepare forcing sacrifices
REAL PAGES FROM THE WORKBOOK
Take a closer look.
Preview a practice page, a solutions page and the achievement certificate. Select a page to enlarge it.
A CLEAR ROUTE TO ACHIEVEMENT
Practice. Review. Return.
Write your continuation before looking at the answer. Use the checked solution to understand the result, then record whether you solved independently, used help or need a retry.
Earn the certificate by reaching 72/96, 60/80 and 48/64 independent solves—75% in each part.
Solutions show checked illustrative lines. Other sound defenses can change the continuation. Test the replies and calculate to the end.
