Smith/Tikkanen: The Woodpecker Method (paperback) Taktik Dozens of pictures highlight how

Dozens of pictures highlight how photogenic the event is

the attack of a rook or rooks on the 7th or 8th row is the interface between tactics and strategy and is explained in detail and deepened with tasks

What's crucial is understanding and sub-consciously memorising these patterns in order to recognise when they're about to occur in a player's own games

And no matter if he is little or even completely unfamiliar with opening theory

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Smith/Tikkanen: The Woodpecker Method (paperback) Taktik Dozens of pictures highlight howThe Woodpecker Method is the name given by Axel Smith to a training system developed by his compatriot and co author Hans Tikkanen. After training with his method in 2010, Tikkanen achieved three GM norms within a seven week period. The quick explanation of the Woodpecker Method is that you need to solve a large number of puzzles in a row; then solve the same puzzles again and again, only faster. It's not a lazy shortcut to success hard work is