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
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9780713490046
Author Amatzia Avni
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Batsford Ltd
Publisher Batsford Ltd
