user7933: So each day I practice a different tactic.  So my tactics training regimen is like this (Chess Tempo)
Day 1:
5 problems - (standard) specific tactical motif (i.e. discovered attack, sacrifice, fork/double attack, etc) 
5 problems - blitz
5 problems - mixed
Day 2:
5 problems - (standard) specific mate type
5 problems - "problems I've gotten wrong at least once"
5 problems - standard
And I alternate everyday doing that.  I keep a log to record how well I am doing.  If over three consecutive runs of the same tactic, I end up scoring a 13 (out of 15) or better, I will up the difficulty by 200 points (right now I have all the specific tactic-type sets limited to 1400-1700).  My Chess Tempo standard tactics rating is around 1600.  
Right now, I am not even done with one round, but so far I have this:
Advanced Pawn   5
Attraction  3
Avoiding Perpetual  2
Avoiding Stalemate  3
Back Rank Mate  3
Blocking    4
Capturing Defender  2
Clearance   2
Coercion    3
Counting    3
Defensive Move  1
Desperado   3
Discovered Attack   3
Distraction 4
Double Check    2
Exposed King    4
Mate - Anastasia's  3
Mate - Balestra's   1
Mate - Arabian  5
Mate - Backburne's  5
Mate - Boden's  4
Mate - Damiano's    5
Mate - Damiano's Bishop 4
Mate - Double Bishop    5
Mate - Dovetail 4
Mate - Dovetail - Bishop    4
Mate - Epaulette    3
Mate - Escalator    3
Mate - Greco's  3
What can you deduce from my performance in various tactics types, in terms of my strengths and weaknesses as a player (tactically)?  

user12540: Chess tactics frame different positions which we sometimes come across the Board . It may be Double attack , fork , Pin and many others . Just solving the Chess tactics lone is never the measurement because when you solve a tactic you know already that there is a sacrificial or a combinational move which will make you win or help to solve the tactic . In real games sometimes you even get an easy position but you fail to find the best move OTB . 
Solving tactics just make you at ease that you are doing something and practicing Chess but it is never the complete homework to make the best judgement .
A different way to find the performance measurement is that how good you are making a calculation or even finding your own weaknesses in specific patterns . like for an example you have a habit of leaving your piece hanging in your own games . So you must solve tactics relating to Hanging pieces which will help to improve your weak point . They say in whichever tactic you find it difficult to solve you have a weakness in that area . 

7933: <p>So each day I practice a different tactic.  So my tactics training regimen is like this (Chess Tempo)</p>

<p>Day 1:</p>

<p>5 problems - (standard) specific tactical motif (i.e. discovered attack, sacrifice, fork/double attack, etc) </p>

<p>5 problems - blitz</p>

<p>5 problems - mixed</p>

<p>Day 2:</p>

<p>5 problems - (standard) specific mate type</p>

<p>5 problems - "problems I've gotten wrong at least once"</p>

<p>5 problems - standard</p>

<p>And I alternate everyday doing that.  I keep a log to record how well I am doing.  If over three consecutive runs of the same tactic, I end up scoring a 13 (out of 15) or better, I will up the difficulty by 200 points (right now I have all the specific tactic-type sets limited to 1400-1700).  My Chess Tempo standard tactics rating is around 1600.  </p>

<p>Right now, I am not even done with one round, but so far I have this:</p>

<p>Advanced Pawn   5</p>

<p>Attraction  3
Avoiding Perpetual  2</p>

<p>Avoiding Stalemate  3</p>

<p>Back Rank Mate  3</p>

<p>Blocking    4</p>

<p>Capturing Defender  2</p>

<p>Clearance   2</p>

<p>Coercion    3</p>

<p>Counting    3</p>

<p>Defensive Move  1</p>

<p>Desperado   3</p>

<p>Discovered Attack   3</p>

<p>Distraction 4</p>

<p>Double Check    2</p>

<p>Exposed King    4</p>

<p>Mate - Anastasia's  3</p>

<p>Mate - Balestra's   1</p>

<p>Mate - Arabian  5</p>

<p>Mate - Backburne's  5</p>

<p>Mate - Boden's  4</p>

<p>Mate - Damiano's    5</p>

<p>Mate - Damiano's Bishop 4</p>

<p>Mate - Double Bishop    5</p>

<p>Mate - Dovetail 4</p>

<p>Mate - Dovetail - Bishop    4</p>

<p>Mate - Epaulette    3</p>

<p>Mate - Escalator    3</p>

<p>Mate - Greco's  3</p>

<p>What can you deduce from my performance in various tactics types, in terms of my strengths and weaknesses as a player (tactically)?  </p>
 12540: <p>Chess tactics frame different positions which we sometimes come across the Board . It may be Double attack , fork , Pin and many others . Just solving the Chess tactics lone is never the measurement because when you solve a tactic you know already that there is a sacrificial or a combinational move which will make you win or help to solve the tactic . In real games sometimes you even get an easy position but you fail to find the best move OTB . </p>

<p>Solving tactics just make you at ease that you are doing something and practicing Chess but it is never the complete homework to make the best judgement .</p>

<p>A different way to find the performance measurement is that how good you are making a calculation or even finding your own weaknesses in specific patterns . like for an example you have a habit of leaving your piece hanging in your own games . So you must solve tactics relating to Hanging pieces which will help to improve your weak point . They say in whichever tactic you find it difficult to solve you have a weakness in that area . </p>
