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Tactics book for a 1700

#1
Hello, I'm about 1700 although my rating fluctuates a bit and I'm searching for a tactics book to help me improve at chess. I want a book that can explain tactical concepts with lots of exercises.

An option I have is The Woodpecker Method but after reading a review that stated "This is a hastily put together book, with massive inconsistencies throughout", and that "Most puzzles have very, very few explanatory notes" I'm unsure of if this would be a good choice.
The review is the top one here: www.chessable.com/the-woodpecker-method/course/10582/

Another book that I'm thinking about is 1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players, which is marketed as "The Tactics Workbook That Also Explains All Key Concepts" which is something that I'm looking for.

Please let me know which of these books I should choose, and if there are any other tactics books out there that I should get instead. Thanks!

Edit: I'm also going to play puzzle storm several times a day on lichess too alongside this book.
#2
I guess GM Alburt's "Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions and Ideas" may be of interest.
#4
@AKD1038 said in #3:
> okkkk you can use that
Which one? Is their a specific order that I should do them in?
#5
A while ago I saw some pretty good mobile apps for tactical exercises. (Not like the Lichess exercises, which for me are quite bad).
#6
I think many people really like the Woodpecker method, so it would probably be fine, but I don't know it. There's a good short book called Practical Chess Exercises by Ray Cheng. It's got a simple layout: six tactics on each of the left hand pages and the solutions with explanations on the right hand. There are 600 total. They aren't arranged by theme, which simulates a real game. There's a longer and more difficult book called Forcing Chess Moves by Charles Hertan, which is excellent.
#7
Hi @Monnt , i wrote a longer froum post some time ago about my personal puzzle training experience, you can find it here if you like: lichess.org/forum/game-analysis/not-understanding-this-puzzle?page=2#11

About the woodpecker method: It's a challenging tactics book, divided in 3 sections (easy, intermediate, and really advanced puzzles). There are of course different opinions on that book, but i wouldn't bother about that too much - some love it, some hate it (like cars, some love their BMW, other just laugh about that and root for Mercedes / or something else).

Its also more about HOW you want to learn those tactics. What i read from your post is, that you are looking for a book, that describes a pattern, and then presents you with several puzzles, according to that specific pattern to practice it.

I personally think, that this approach is not worth buying a book, since you can have this here on lichess for free. You will find the link to the "puzzle-themes" in my posting mentioned above.

The book(s) by Lev Alburt are okay too in the way that you (even tho the puzzles are mixed) can search puzzles by theme on the table of content page. If you like to use that book, start with the one, with the cover looking like a 80's porn magazine - you'll know what i mean when you see it.

Okay, now something else/in addition to that:
By looking over several of your latest games, imho the current problem/plateau you face is not a pure tactical one, but the concequence of "schematic thinking" (which distracts you from several tactical consequences) instead of responding according to what is actually happening on the board and what needs to be done.

A much better buy imo would be a book like Jeremy Silmann's "The Amateurs Mind" and "How to reassess your chess (4th edition)".

Bye and good luck on your lifelong chess journey!
#8
I've just finished 'tactics 'by Yasser Seirawan , sounds exactly like what you're looking for ,highly recommend it .
#9
@SimonBirch said in #8:
> I've just finished 'tactics 'by Yasser Seirawan , sounds exactly like what you're looking for ,highly recommend it

Thanks, but what elo is this book for?