Devious Chess

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

ISBN 0713490047   Pages 144 ISBN13 9780713490046 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Anova Books   Weight (grammes) 231 Imprint Batsford Ltd   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 27 Apr 2006   Width (mm) 155 DEWEY 794.12   Spine width (mm) 11 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

Introduction 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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