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| Release date | December 2011 |
I don't have chess.com so I can't say anything about that, but I'll share what has really helped me in my tactical practice.
1st, it is incredibly important, in my opinion, to have a good starting knowledge of all of the motifs to start with. You need to recognize the motifs before you can even begin to train using a random mix of puzzles. If any of the following words don't conjure up specific images: "Fork, pin, discovery, distraction, skewer, clearance, overloading, trap, interference" then I would suggest either using this free website: http://chesstactics.org/ or buying Seriwan's https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006MD58Z6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 and practicing through either. This is when chesstempo.com can really be of help. All of chesstempo's puzzles are tagged with certain tactical motifs. If you pay $20 a year, you can use their advanced search to make a puzzle set with specific motifs. I suggest you start with a set with 1 motif maybe limitted to 1 move, and then slowly add more motifs, each 1 move puzzles as well, until you can add all motifs and move to 2 move puzzle sets.
Once I was able to start recognizing the different motifs, then things started to fall into place a lot easier.
Once you have the motifs down, solving the puzzles will not only become easier, but the real reason for practicing tactics will become clearer. The idea of implementing the motifs into real games, by creating situations with positions.
If you would like other resources I suggest the Chess King's series of android apps. Maybe start with Mate in 1 (use the Test feature under settings, after you have practiced each section a little bit) or the Mate in 2, or the Elementary Tactics 1 app. Each is like 4 dollars or something. And since these are apps, you can play them anywhere all the time, online or not.
For general tips to looking at the board better, I would suggest getting into the habit of looking through a check list to trigger potential ideas. In fact, even before any motifs trigger, I usually quickly go through my checklist, or try to, before I find promising lines.