Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://chesstempo.com" rel="noreferrer">Chesstempo</a> has a tactics trainer with solving against the clock and a tactics rating. I think there are a bunch of other sites out there with similar features.</p>
  
  <p>If you are rather old school <a href="http://www.wtharvey.com" rel="noreferrer">WTHarvey</a> has 10,000 chess puzzles, just as a collection of diagrams with mouse over solutions.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.chessgym.net" rel="noreferrer">Chessgym</a> also has tactics against the clock and some other features like playing endgame positions against tablebases.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>You certainly do not need a book in order to learn combinations.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.chess.com" rel="nofollow">Chess.com</a> has in my opinion the best tactics online. Unfortunately, you only get 5/day if you have a free account, so it's not the best. Personally, I work on other websites with free tactics for a while, and then finish up by trying my best on these 5.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics.html" rel="nofollow">Chesstempo</a> has a lot of good tactics too. And they're all free.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://lichess.org" rel="nofollow">Lichess.org</a> also has a lot of tactics under their Training section. It has good puzzles related to the coordinates of the board and/or opening theory as well. Currently their tactics seem to be more checkmate-focused than other websites, but I've seen this site improve constantly for a year now and every aspect of it (including the tactics section) has truly been getting better and better every week.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I encourage practicing tactics puzzles whenever you have free time. You don't need to go to a website on the Internet; you can also use apps on your Android phone or Tablet. TacticTrainer has a large problem set, and you'll get presented with problems that are generally rated within 200 ELO of your level. You can specify a starting level, but the app keeps track of progress, and as you get better, gives you harder problems to solve.</p>
  
  <p>I also use Chess King apps from ChessOK; Combinations I and II are good, but cost a few dollars.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I would like to become better and stronger at spotting combinations. I can't buy any chess books at the moment. What's a good website for learning combinations? </p>
  
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Title: How can I learn combinations without a chess book?
ThreadText: # How can I learn combinations without a chess book?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-03)
  
  I would like to become better and stronger at spotting combinations. I can't buy any chess books at the moment. What's a good website for learning combinations?
  
  **Tags:** learning, tactics, middlegame, combinations
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-03. Score: 5
  
  [Chesstempo](http://chesstempo.com) has a tactics trainer with solving against the clock and a tactics rating. I think there are a bunch of other sites out there with similar features.
  
  If you are rather old school [WTHarvey](http://www.wtharvey.com) has 10,000 chess puzzles, just as a collection of diagrams with mouse over solutions.
  
  [Chessgym](http://www.chessgym.net) also has tactics against the clock and some other features like playing endgame positions against tablebases.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-03. Score: 2
  
  You certainly do not need a book in order to learn combinations.
  
  [Chess.com](http://www.chess.com) has in my opinion the best tactics online. Unfortunately, you only get 5/day if you have a free account, so it's not the best. Personally, I work on other websites with free tactics for a while, and then finish up by trying my best on these 5.
  
  [Chesstempo](http://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics.html) has a lot of good tactics too. And they're all free.
  
  [Lichess.org](http://lichess.org) also has a lot of tactics under their Training section. It has good puzzles related to the coordinates of the board and/or opening theory as well. Currently their tactics seem to be more checkmate-focused than other websites, but I've seen this site improve constantly for a year now and every aspect of it (including the tactics section) has truly been getting better and better every week.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-09-19. Score: 1
  
  I encourage practicing tactics puzzles whenever you have free time. You don't need to go to a website on the Internet; you can also use apps on your Android phone or Tablet. TacticTrainer has a large problem set, and you'll get presented with problems that are generally rated within 200 ELO of your level. You can specify a starting level, but the app keeps track of progress, and as you get better, gives you harder problems to solve.
  
  I also use Chess King apps from ChessOK; Combinations I and II are good, but cost a few dollars.
  
  
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