Devious chess - Amatzia Avni

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