McDonald: Break the Rules! - A Modern Look at Chess Strategy Schachtrainer translated from his Russian autobiography

translated from his Russian autobiography

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300 sparkling tricks and traps

Sneed is a Professor of Psychology at the City University of New York and a keen amateur chess player

McDonald: Break the Rules! - A Modern Look at Chess Strategy Schachtrainer translated from his Russian autobiographyAs we progress as chess players we quickly learn a set of guidelines which help us to formulate plans, develop typical strategies and recognize key tactics. However, chess is not an easy game, with fixed 'rules' that can be applied to every single position. In fact, blindly following such rules proves to be counterproductive and prevents a player from moving on to the next level, whereas knowing when to 'break' these rules is precisely the skill which