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My Daily Basis Work

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It all started when I was just a youngster, back in 1996. We moved from my hometown Petrila, to a bigger town near by, Petrosani, where chess activity was much higher. From the beginning I was fascinated by tactics and beautiful combinations, so I started to carefully copy them in my thick  notebook, which is still "alive" today, after 20 years of hard work. I remember that my first book of tactics was the famous Polgar's 1994 book, 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games.
Since then, I became a slave of this fascinating world with crazy sacrifices and sleepless night endgame studies. My hunger for hunting them down never let me sleep well, even today when I have a pretty cozy bed.
But today, in the age of computer and internet, everything has become much easier for me, namely, to transfer a diagram from paper into chessbase. This is how I spend most of my time, converting pdf books into chessbase pgn format, for better use in various chess tactics software. I carefully follow these steps :
1. I search on the internet for a new tactics book and download it, usually pdf or djvu format, scanned by other chess enthusiast and shared.
2. I start creating all the diagrams from book into chessbase positions, piece by piece, the hard work.
3. After this, I insert the solutions of every diagram, and corect it with an engine if necessary, takes me a lot of time.
4. I scan again the whole project to verify for errors, and sort the diagrams accordingly to author's criteria, or mine.
5. Finally, I sleep a day or two to recover the energy lost in the process. After that, I share the book newly converted to others.


Converting ... 2020

Finished ...


2021


A - 4 Books

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Lev Alburt , 2010
190 pages, 300 puzzles

​Diagrams
Start : 17 september 2015
Finish : 18 september 2015
​Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 10 may 2016
Finish : 10 may 2016
​Work : 1 day

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​Aagaard , 2012
306 pages, 388 puzzles
​
​Diagrams
Start : 3 november 2014
Finish : 3 november 2014
​Work : 1 day

Solutions
Start : 4 november 2014
Finish : 4 november 2014
​Work : 1 day

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​Lev Alburt , 2013
​208 pages, 320 puzzles
​
Diagrams
Start : 28 february 2016
Finish : 1 march 2016
​Work : 3 days

​Solutions
Start : 19 may 2016
Finish : 20 may 2016
​Work : 2 days

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Palatnik+Alburt , ​1995
302 pages, 270 puzzles

​Diagrams
Start : 21 august 2015
Finish : 21 august 2015
​Work : 1 day

Solutions
Start : 3 may 2016
Finish : 3 may 2016
​Work : 1 day


B - 6 Books

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Maxim Blokh , 2000
​extended edition
306 pages, 1622 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 10 april 2016
Finish : 15 april 2016
​Work : 6 days

Solutions
Start : 16 april 2016
Finish : 20 april 2016
​Work : 5 days

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Beliavsky , 1995
​192 pages​, 225 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 26 october 2015
Finish : 26 october 2015
​Work : 1 day

Solutions
​Start : 
Finish :
​Work : 

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Baird , 1902
664 puzzles
​
​​​Diagrams
Start : 7 september 2015
Finish : 11 september 2015
​Work : 3 days

Solutions
Start : 14 may 2017
Finish : 14 may 2017
​Work : 1 day

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Maxim Blokh , 1993
​first edition
306 pages, 1182 puzzles
​
Diagrams
Start : 27 september 2015
Finish : 1 october 2015
Work : 5 days

​Solutions
Start : 9 october 2015
Finish : 20 october 2015
Work : 8 days

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Beliavsky, 2000
210 pages, ​397 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 8 march 2015
Finish : 22 march 2015
​Work : 13 days

Picture
Brunthaler , 2007
166 pages, 365 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 4 november 2007
Finish : 4 november 2007
​Work : 1 day

Solutions
​Start : 5 november 2007
Finish : 5 november 2007
​Work : 1 day


C - 2 Books

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​Balogh Csaba, 2012
​192 pages, 365 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 27 november 2013
Finish : 28 november 2013
​Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 29 november 2013
Finish : 30 november 2013
​Work : 2 days

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Ray Cheng , 2007
216 pages, 600 puzzles
​
​Diagrams
Start : 1 august 2015
Finish : 2 august 2015
​Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 3 august 2015
Finish : 4 august 2015
​Work : 2 days


D - 3 Books

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​Diagrams
Start : 27 july 2015
Finish : 30 july 2015
​Work : 4 days

Solutions
Start : 
Finish :
​Work : 

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Dobrinetsky , 2010
98 pages, 316 puzzles

​​Diagrams
Start : 5 august 2015
Finish : 6 august 2015
​Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 3 may 2016
Finish : 3 may 2016
​Work : 1 day

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Diagrams
Start : 23 march 2015
Finish : 26 march 2015
​Work : 4 days


E

Picture

Diagrams + Solutions
​Start : 6 february 2015
Finish : 6 february 2015
​Work : 1 day


F

Picture
Zenon Franco , ​2010
290 pages, 1001 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 20 july 2015
Finish : 23 july 2015
​Work : 3 days

Solutions
Start : 24 july 2015
Finish : 26 july 2015
​Work : 3 days


G

Picture
A.J. Gillam , 1993
96 pages, 372 puzzles

​​Diagrams
Start : 4 march 2015
Finish : 4 march 2015
​Work : 1 day

Solutions
Start : 5 march 2015
Finish : 5 march 2015
​Work : 1 day


H - 6 Books

Picture
John Hall , 1995
​222 pages, 451 puzzles

​Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 17 january 2015
Finish : 19 january 2015
​Work : 3 days

Picture
​Charles Hertan , 2008
384 pages, 609 puzzles
​
Diagrams
​Start : 28 march 2016
Finish : 31 march 2016
Work : 4 days

Solutions
Start : 12 may 2016
Finish : 15 may 2016
​Work : 4 days

Picture
IA Horowitz , 1963
96 pages, 316 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 24 february 2015
Finish : 24 february 2015
​Work : 1 day

Picture
Huczek, 2017
​278 pages, 712 puzzles

​Diagrams
Start : 25 february 2018
Finish : 26 february 2018
Work : 2 days

​Solutions
Start : 27 february 2018
Finish : 28 february 2018
​Work : 2 days

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M.Havel , 1923
​220 pages, 500 puzzles

​​Diagrams
Start : 5 september 2015
Finish : 6 september 2015
​Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 14 may 2017
Finish : 14 may 2017
​Work : 1 day

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Hort+Jansa , ​1980
248 pages, 230 puzzles

​Diagrams
Start : 20 august 2015
Finish : 20 august 2015
​Work : 1 day

Solutions
Start : 
Finish :
​Work : 

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Lou Hays , 1991
126 pages, 534 puzzles
​
​​Diagrams
Start : 13 september 2015
Finish : 15 september 2015
​Work : 3 days

Solutions
Start : 22 december 2016
Finish : 22 december 2016
​Work : 1 day


I

Picture
2005 in tactics
​1575 puzzles

​Solutions

Start : 13 january 2015
Finish : 17 january 2015
​Work : 5 days


K - 5 Books

Picture
​Sergey Konotop , 2012
1800 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 4 january 2016
Finish : 22 january 2016
Work : 15 days

​Solutions
Start : 24 may 2016
Finish : 1 june 2016
​Work : 9 days

Picture
Raymond Keene , 1991
114 pages, 240 puzzles

​Diagrams
​Start : 29 october 2015
Finish : 29 october 2015
​Work : 1 day

​Solutions
​Start : 4 may 2016
Finish : 4 may 2016
​Work : 1 day

Picture
Kosodrobov
​300 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 5 january 2015
Finish : 7 january 2015
​Work : 3 days

Picture
Konsted , 2005
172 pages, 351 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 2 november 2015
Finish : 3 november 2015
​Work : 2 days

​Solutions
​Start : 7 may 2016
Finish : 7 may 2016
​Work : 1 day

Picture
Anatoly Kuznetsov , 1998
340 pages, 450 puzzles

​​Diagrams
Start : 31 july 2015
Finish : 31 july 2015
​Work : 1 day

Solutions
Start : 
Finish :
​Work : 


L - 2 Books

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Lein+Archangelsky , ​1996
263 pages, 1125 puzzles
​
Diagrams
Start : 11 august 2015
Finish : 15 august 2015
​Work : 5 days

Solutions
Start : 9 december 2016
Finish :
​Work : 

Picture
Gary Lane , 2004
180 pages, 440 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 28 march 2015
Finish : 29 march 2015
​Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 30 march 2015
Finish : 31 march 2015
​Work : 2 days

Picture
Livsitz , 1997

Diagrams
download from internet

Solutions
Start : 28 december 2016
Finish : 3 january 2017
​Work : 6 days


M

Picture
Karsten Muller , 2016
288 pages, 

​Diagrams
Start : 23 september 2016
Finish : 24 september 2016
Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 
Finish : 
​Work : ?? days


N - 5 Books

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Neishtadt , 1984
208 pages, 479 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 30 october 2015
Finish : 31 october 2015
​Work : 2 days

​Solutions
​Start : 23 december 2016
Finish : 25 december 2016
​Work : 3 days

Picture
John Nunn, 2002
258 pages, 250 puzzles
​
Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 22 june 2012
Finish : 26 june 2012
​Work : 5 days

Picture
Neishtadt, 2011
376 pages, 736 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 1 july 2013
Finish : 7 july 2013
​Work : 7 days

Picture
Neishtadt , 1991
266 pages, 440 puzzles
​
Diagrams
Start : 19 september 2015
Finish : 25 september 2015
​Work : 4 days

Solutions
Start : 
Finish :
​Work : 

Picture
John Nunn, 2011
​306 pages, 1001 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 7 november 2013
Finish : 8 november 2013
Work : 2 days

​Solutions
Start : 9 november 2013
Finish : 10 november 2013
​Work : 2 days

​


O


P - 4 Books

Picture
Istvan Pongo , 1999
324 pages, 978 puzzles

​​Diagrams
Start : 3 april 2016
Finish : 6 april 2016
Work : 4 days

Solutions
Start : 19 june 2016
Finish : 23 june 2016
​Work : 5 days

Picture
​Diagrams
Start : 3 june 2016
Finish : 4 june 2016
​Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 15 june 2016
Finish : 17 june 2016
​Work : 3 days

Picture
Istvan Pongo , 1999
250 pages, 866 puzzles

​​Diagrams
Start : 7 april 2016
Finish : 9 april 2016
Work : 3 days

​Solutions
Start : 27 june 2016
Finish : 30 june 2016
​Work : 4 days

Picture
Diagrams
Start : 12 enero 2015
Finish : 24 june 2015
​Work : 12 days

Solutions
Start : 15 june 2015
Finish : 27 june 2015
​Work : 12 days

Picture
​​Palliser , 2012
338 pages, 1200 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 8 may 2017
Finish : 13 may 2017
​Work : 6 days

Solutions
Start : 18 may 2017
Finish : 21 may 2017
​Work : 4 days


R - 2 Books

Picture
​Diagrams
Start : 1 september 2015
Finish : 2 september 2015
​Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 
Finish :
​Work : 

Picture
Fred Reinfeld, 1955
​248 pages, 1001 puzzles

​Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 1 january 2015
Finish : 4 january 2015
​Work : 4 days


S - 14 Books

Picture
​IL Slavin 1 , 1998
317 pages, 900 puzzles

​​Diagrams
Start : 4 july 2016
Finish : 7 july 2016
Work : 4 days

Solutions
Start : 23 november 2016
Finish : 23 november 2016
​Work : 1 day

Picture
​​IL Slavin 4 , 1998


​​Diagrams
Start : 14 july 2016
Finish : 15 july 2016
Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 1 december 2016
Finish : 2 december 2016
​Work : 2 days

Picture
​IL Slavin 7 , 2000

​
​​Diagrams
Start : 21 july 2016
Finish : 25 july 2016
Work : 5 days

Solutions
Start : 13 december 2016
Finish : 
​Work : ?? days

Picture
Ivashchenko , 2007
​419 pages, 719 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Finish : june 2007


Picture
Ivashchenko , 2002
​260 pages, 1188 puzzles

​Diagrams + Solutions
Finish : july 2007

Picture
Guliev , 2003
​188 pages, 750 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Finish : august 2007

Picture
Igor Shmirin , 2010
298 pages, 1341 puzzles

​Diagrams
Start : 1 march 2016
Finish : 7 march 2016
​Work : 7 days

​Solutions
Start : 13 january 2017
Finish :
​Work : 

Picture
​IL Slavin 3 , 1998
288 pages, 1200 puzzles

​​Diagrams
Start : 8 july 2016
Finish : 13 july 2016
Work : 5 days

Solutions
Start : 27 november 2016
Finish : 30 november 2016
​Work : 4 days

Picture
​IL Slavin 5 , 1998

​
​​Diagrams
Start : 17 july 2016
Finish : 20 july 2016
Work : 4 days

Solutions
Start : 4 december 2016
Finish : 8 december 2016
​Work : 4 days

Picture
IL Slavin 9 , 2005


Diagrams
Start : 22 october 2016
Finish : 23 october 2016
Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 
Finish : 
​Work : ?? days

Picture
Ivashchenko , 2007
​114 pages, 580 puzzles

​Diagrams + Solutions
Finish : july 2007

Picture
Mazja , 2003
​188 pages, 750 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Finish : july 2007

Picture
John Shaw , 2010
354 pages, 735 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 5 november 2015
Finish : 9 november 2015
Work : 4 days

Picture
Shamkovich​ , 1995
​178 pages, 300 puzzles

​Diagrams
Start : 26 august 2015
Finish : 27 august 2015
​Work : 2 days

Solutions
Start : 8 may 2016
Finish : 9 may 2016
​Work : 2 days


T - 2 Books

Picture
Anders Thulin , 2000
777 miniatures in 3 moves

​​Diagrams
Start : 2 october 2015
Finish : 6 octubre 2015
​Work : 5 days

Solutions
Start : 
Finish :
​Work : 

Picture
​Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 13 february 2015
Finish : 23 february 2015
​Work : 7 days


V - 3 Books

Picture
Volokitin, 2007
160 pages, 369 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 1 april 2014
Finish : 6 april 2014
​Work : 6 days

Picture
Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 9 april 2015
Finish : 23 april 2015
​Work : 11 days

Picture
​Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 24 may 2015
Finish : 26 may 2015
​Work : 3 days


W - 7 Books

Picture
​Simon Williams , 2004
162 pages, 249 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 17 may 2016
Finish : 17 may 2016
​Work : 1 day

Solutions
Start : 18 may 2016
Finish : 18 may 2016
​Work : 1 day

Picture
Fred Wilson, 1999
​188 pages, 303 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 8 january 2015
Finish : 8 january 2015
​Work : 1 day

Picture
Chris Ward, 2000
54 pages, 50 puzzles

Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 5 january 2015
Finish : 5 january 2015
​Work : 1 day

Picture
​Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 28 may 2015
Finish : 29 may 2015
​Work : 2 days

Picture
Weteschnik , 2012
348 pages, 300 puzzles​

Diagrams
Start : 27 march 2014
Finish : 27 march 2014
​Work : 1 day

Solutions
Start : 28 march 2014
Finish : 28 march 2014
​Work : 1 day

Picture
Wilson+Alberston , 

​Diagrams
Start : 5 august 2015
Finish : 10 august 2015
​Work : 5 days

Solutions
Start : 
Finish :
​Work : 

Picture
Chris Ward, 2003
​126 pages, 50 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 28 may 2015
Finish : 28 may 2015
​Work : 1 day


Y - 11 Books

Picture
Artur Yusupov , 2008
book number 1/9
​266 pages, 312 puzzles

​312 Exercises
Start : 1 october 2014
Finish : 2 october 2014
​Work : 2 days

219 Lessons
​Start : 2 may 2015
Finish : 3 may 2015
​Work : 2 days

Picture
Artur Yusupov , 2009
​book number 3/9
306 pages, 312 puzzles

312 Exercises
Start : 5 october 2014
Finish : 6 october 2014
​Work : 2 days

140 Lessons
​Start : 10 may 2015
Finish : 11 may 2015
​Work : 2 days



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​Artur Yusupov , 2010
book number 5/6
​286 pages, 312 puzzles

​312 Exercises
Start : 9 october 2014
Finish : 10 october 2014
​Work : 2 days

162 Lessons
​Start : 3 june 2015
Finish : 4 june 2015
​Work : 2 days

Picture
​Artur Yusupov , 2008
book number 2/9
​286 pages, 312 puzzles

​312 Exercises
Start : 3 october 2014
Finish : 4 october 2014
​Work : 2 days

189 Lessons
​Start : 5 may 2015
Finish : 6 may 2015
​Work : 2 days

Picture
Artur Yusupov , 2010
book number 4/9
​266 pages, 312 puzzles

​312 Exercises
Start : 7 october 2014
Finish : 8 october 2014
​Work : 2 days

217 Lessons
​Start : 30 may 2015
Finish : 31 may 2015
​Work : 2 days

Picture
​Artur Yusupov , 2011
​book number 6/9
​306 pages, 312 puzzles

​312 Exercises
Start : 11 october 2014
Finish : 12 october 2014
​Work : 2 days

91 Lessons
​Start : 6 june 2015
Finish : 6 june 2015
​Work : 1 day

Picture
​Artur Yusupov , 2011
book number 7/9
​264 pages, 312 puzzles

​312 Exercises
Start : 13 october 2014
Finish : 14 october 2014
​Work : 2 days

173 Lessons
​Start : 9 may 2015
Finish : 9 may 2015
​Work : 1 day

Picture
Artur Yusupov, 2013
​book number 9/9
322 pag, 312 puzzles

​312 Exercises
Start : 17 october 2014
​Finish : 18 october 2014
​Work : 2 days

80 Lessons
​Start : 14 june 2015
Finish : 14 june 2015
​Work : 1 day

Picture
Yakovlev+Kostrov , 1998
106 pages, 528 puzzles

Diagrams
Start : 22 february 2016
Finish : 26 february 2016
​Work : 5 days

​Solutions
​Start : 10 may 2016
Finish : 10 may 2016
​Work : 1 day

Picture
​Artur Yusupov , 2012
book number 8/9
​306 pages, 312 puzzles

​312 Exercises
Start : 15 october 2014
Finish : 16 october 2014
​Work : 2 days

80 Lessons
​Start : 12 june 2015
Finish : 13 june 2015
​Work : 2 days

Picture
Yusupov , 2016
200 pages, 432 puzzles
​
​​Diagrams
Start : 12 september 2016
Finish : 14 september 2016
Work : 3 days

Solutions
Start : 
Finish : 
​Work : ?? days


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