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Review title: Anyone who thinks this is a puzzle book is missing the point....
Product review: Gaprindashvili's examples are exceedingly difficult (I wouldn't recommend this to players under USCF/FIDE 1800), but it's an extremely well-done collection of critical positions ORGANIZED BY THE THOUGHT PROCESS NECESSARY TO SOLVE THEM EFFICIENTLY.In many cases, the obvious move doesn't work, but the obvious move suggests a move that wasn't one of the original candidates.We are not computers--we can't possibly look at every move three moves deep. Gaprindashvili's method is to drill the student in a METHOD of finding critical moves and analyzing them in an efficient fashion.Valeri Beim's How to Calculate Chess Tactics teaches a similar approach, somewhat more accessibly.Serious players should read both books (Beim first). Both books demand serious effort--both books will make you a much stronger tactician.
