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Master chess psychologist Amatzia Avni outlines a new approach to playing chess – be tricksy about your game, bend the rules where possible and always come out on top! Players of all abilities are urged, step-by-step, to unlearn everything they've learned so far and adopt a fearless attitude to the game. Every tip for bending the rules is included here with comprehensive illustrated games.

Includes:

  • The Nature of Tricky Chess: Virgin land • Raising the tension to boiling point • Coffeehouse chess • Not so elementary, my dear Watson • Peculiar moves
  • Principled Issues of 'Tricky Chess': Twists and turns • The trap vs blunder dilemma • Methods of conducting 'tricky chess'
  • Illustrative Games
  • Assesment and Implementation: Evaluation of tricksy chess • Transforming into a 'tricky chess' player

Devious Chess: How to Bend the Rules and Win

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    Publisher: Batsford Ltd
    Publication Date: 27/04/2006
    ISBN13: 9780713490046, 978-0713490046
    ISBN10: 0713490047

    Number of Pages: 144

    Non Fiction , Hobbies, Games & Quizzes

    Description

    Master chess psychologist Amatzia Avni outlines a new approach to playing chess – be tricksy about your game, bend the rules where possible and always come out on top! Players of all abilities are urged, step-by-step, to unlearn everything they've learned so far and adopt a fearless attitude to the game. Every tip for bending the rules is included here with comprehensive illustrated games.

    Includes:

    • The Nature of Tricky Chess: Virgin land • Raising the tension to boiling point • Coffeehouse chess • Not so elementary, my dear Watson • Peculiar moves
    • Principled Issues of 'Tricky Chess': Twists and turns • The trap vs blunder dilemma • Methods of conducting 'tricky chess'
    • Illustrative Games
    • Assesment and Implementation: Evaluation of tricksy chess • Transforming into a 'tricky chess' player

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