Devious Chess: How to Bend the Rules and Win

Avni, Amatzia

ISBN 10: 0713490047 / ISBN 13: 9780713490046

Verlag: B T Batsford Ltd, 2006

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Inhaltsangabe:

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

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

A psychologist by profession, Amatzia Avni is also a World Chess Federation Master who has participated in the Israeli Chess Championship final on five seperate occasions.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Devious Chess: How to Bend the Rules and Win
Verlag: B T Batsford Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good