My Daily Basis Work
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.
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
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 
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 |
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 
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
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 
Beliavsky , 1995
192 pages, 225 puzzles Diagrams Start : 26 october 2015 Finish : 26 october 2015 Work : 1 day Solutions Start : Finish : Work : 
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 |
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 
Beliavsky, 2000
210 pages, 397 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 8 march 2015 Finish : 22 march 2015 Work : 13 days 
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
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 |
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
Diagrams
Start : 27 july 2015 Finish : 30 july 2015 Work : 4 days Solutions Start : Finish : Work : 
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 |
Diagrams
Start : 23 march 2015 Finish : 26 march 2015 Work : 4 days |
E
Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 6 february 2015
Finish : 6 february 2015
Work : 1 day
F
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
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
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
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
John Hall , 1995
222 pages, 451 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 17 january 2015 Finish : 19 january 2015 Work : 3 days 
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 
IA Horowitz , 1963
96 pages, 316 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 24 february 2015 Finish : 24 february 2015 Work : 1 day 
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 |
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 
Hort+Jansa , 1980
248 pages, 230 puzzles Diagrams Start : 20 august 2015 Finish : 20 august 2015 Work : 1 day Solutions Start : Finish : Work : 
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
2005 in tactics
1575 puzzles
Solutions
Start : 13 january 2015
Finish : 17 january 2015
Work : 5 days
1575 puzzles
Solutions
Start : 13 january 2015
Finish : 17 january 2015
Work : 5 days
K - 5 Books
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 
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 
Kosodrobov
300 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 5 january 2015 Finish : 7 january 2015 Work : 3 days |
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 
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
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 : |
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 
Livsitz , 1997
Diagrams download from internet Solutions Start : 28 december 2016 Finish : 3 january 2017 Work : 6 days |
M
Karsten Muller , 2016
288 pages,
Diagrams
Start : 23 september 2016
Finish : 24 september 2016
Work : 2 days
Solutions
Start :
Finish :
Work : ?? days
288 pages,
Diagrams
Start : 23 september 2016
Finish : 24 september 2016
Work : 2 days
Solutions
Start :
Finish :
Work : ?? days
N - 5 Books
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 
John Nunn, 2002
258 pages, 250 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 22 june 2012 Finish : 26 june 2012 Work : 5 days 
Neishtadt, 2011
376 pages, 736 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 1 july 2013 Finish : 7 july 2013 Work : 7 days |
Neishtadt , 1991
266 pages, 440 puzzles Diagrams Start : 19 september 2015 Finish : 25 september 2015 Work : 4 days Solutions Start : Finish : Work : 
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
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 
Diagrams
Start : 3 june 2016 Finish : 4 june 2016 Work : 2 days Solutions Start : 15 june 2016 Finish : 17 june 2016 Work : 3 days |
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 
Diagrams
Start : 12 enero 2015 Finish : 24 june 2015 Work : 12 days Solutions Start : 15 june 2015 Finish : 27 june 2015 Work : 12 days 
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
Diagrams
Start : 1 september 2015 Finish : 2 september 2015 Work : 2 days Solutions Start : Finish : Work : |
Fred Reinfeld, 1955
248 pages, 1001 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 1 january 2015 Finish : 4 january 2015 Work : 4 days |
S - 14 Books
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 
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 
IL Slavin 7 , 2000
Diagrams Start : 21 july 2016 Finish : 25 july 2016 Work : 5 days Solutions Start : 13 december 2016 Finish : Work : ?? days 
Ivashchenko , 2007
419 pages, 719 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Finish : june 2007 
Ivashchenko , 2002
260 pages, 1188 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Finish : july 2007 
Guliev , 2003
188 pages, 750 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Finish : august 2007 
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 : |
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 
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 
IL Slavin 9 , 2005
Diagrams Start : 22 october 2016 Finish : 23 october 2016 Work : 2 days Solutions Start : Finish : Work : ?? days 
Ivashchenko , 2007
114 pages, 580 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Finish : july 2007 
Mazja , 2003
188 pages, 750 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Finish : july 2007 
John Shaw , 2010
354 pages, 735 puzzles Diagrams Start : 5 november 2015 Finish : 9 november 2015 Work : 4 days 
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
Anders Thulin , 2000
777 miniatures in 3 moves Diagrams Start : 2 october 2015 Finish : 6 octubre 2015 Work : 5 days Solutions Start : Finish : Work : |
Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 13 february 2015 Finish : 23 february 2015 Work : 7 days |
V - 3 Books
Volokitin, 2007
160 pages, 369 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 1 april 2014 Finish : 6 april 2014 Work : 6 days 
Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 9 april 2015 Finish : 23 april 2015 Work : 11 days |
Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 24 may 2015 Finish : 26 may 2015 Work : 3 days |
W - 7 Books
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 
Fred Wilson, 1999
188 pages, 303 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 8 january 2015 Finish : 8 january 2015 Work : 1 day 
Chris Ward, 2000
54 pages, 50 puzzles Diagrams + Solutions Start : 5 january 2015 Finish : 5 january 2015 Work : 1 day 
Diagrams + Solutions
Start : 28 may 2015 Finish : 29 may 2015 Work : 2 days |
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 
Wilson+Alberston ,
Diagrams Start : 5 august 2015 Finish : 10 august 2015 Work : 5 days Solutions Start : Finish : Work : 
Chris Ward, 2003
126 pages, 50 puzzles Diagrams Start : 28 may 2015 Finish : 28 may 2015 Work : 1 day |
Y - 11 Books
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 
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 
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 |
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 
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 
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 |
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 
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 
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 |
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 
Yusupov , 2016
200 pages, 432 puzzles Diagrams Start : 12 september 2016 Finish : 14 september 2016 Work : 3 days Solutions Start : Finish : Work : ?? days |
