El segundo paso hacia el campeonato de ajedrez - Maciej Sroczyński

Second Step to Chess Mastery by Maciej Sroczyński is a chess training book for players who already know the basics and want to sharpen their tactical calculation. It brings together 702 exercises, including mate-in-two problems and material-gain tasks, so the focus is on practical training rather than casual reading.

What’s inside

The exercises are designed to make you calculate moves more carefully. You work through positions with sequences such as white-black-white or black-white-black, which helps build concentration, anticipation of your opponent’s reply and an eye for mating patterns.

Alongside the mating puzzles, the book also includes material-gain tactics, such as winning a knight, bishop, rook or queen. That makes it useful for developing the kind of tactical awareness that carries over into normal play.

Training for more ambitious players

Second Step to Chess Mastery contains 702 exercises and is rated for 1200-2000, so it offers plenty of material for regular study. It suits club players, young players in training and self-taught students who want to move on to more demanding combination work.

• Author: Maciej Sroczyński
• Product type: chess training book
• Number of exercises: 702
• Exercise types: mate in two moves; material-gain tactics
• Difficulty level: rating 1200-2000
• Content: chess training exercises