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Check Your Chess Fantasy, Volume 1 by Jan Przewoźnik is a chess puzzle book for players who want to train imagination at the board, not just calculate variations. It contains 120 tasks arranged in increasing difficulty, with a clear focus on creative thinking, paradoxes and non-standard solutions.
What this book is about
Rather than repeating familiar tactical patterns, this book asks you to look deeper and challenge your first instinct. It is aimed at readers who want to break out of routine and strengthen the kind of thinking that helps when standard ideas do not work.
Volume 1 includes examples from the previous century. That gives the book added interest for readers who enjoy seeing how striking and surprising ideas have appeared in practical chess over time.
What you will find inside
- 120 chess tasks arranged by rising difficulty
- Exercises that reward independent thinking rather than memorised patterns
- Material aimed at finding unexpected solutions
- Training that helps you question stereotypes and habitual moves
This makes it a useful addition to training for ambitious club players, coaches and competitors, while still being a good choice for anyone who enjoys chess puzzles with an original idea behind them.
About the author and edition
Jan Przewoźnik is an international master, Polish champion from 1979 and a doctor of psychology. He has written widely on chess and chess psychology, and that background is reflected in the way the material is selected: the tasks are meant to test skill while also encouraging you to move beyond automatic, formulaic decisions.
Publisher: Integracja Jan Przewoźnik, Gorzów Wielkopolski 2023
Key details
- Product type: chess puzzle book
- Title: Check Your Chess Fantasy, Volume 1
- Author: Jan Przewoźnik
- Content: 120 chess tasks
- Difficulty: arranged in increasing difficulty
- Focus: creative thinking, paradoxes and non-standard solutions
- Volume scope: examples from the previous century
- Publisher: Integracja Jan Przewoźnik
Tangible precision
Each move strengthens curiosity, concentration, and self-confidence.



