Review: Good production, great value
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2012
This is a quick first-impression review.  USCF rated expert here, owner of many paper books and now one kindle book.I bought this for my kids after looking at the previews of this and the Tactics Time book for mid-level players.  I figured if the authors can do 1000 diagrams with explanations of original chess problems (the other book), they have their heart in the right place.  Though the authors don't mention it in their description, this book has 300+ problems.  The online preview here was good, but it really only sunk in once I opened it on my kindle.  The diagrams were crisp and flawlessly formatted to my screen.  One diagram, one direction ("white to move") and nothing else on the page - perfect simplicity.  Touch the screen, and there is the answer, sometimes with a brief explanation.  No spending lots of time going to the back of the book or the end of the chapter as I had to do when growing up, just one simple touch.  Then another touch and on to the next position.  Great value for $2.