by Amatzia Avni, 144 pages (2006 Batsford)

 

Master chess psychologist Avni knows every trick in the book—and several more you’ll find only in his book. Unlearn everything you’ve learned so far and adopt a fearless attitude toward the game. Take your opponent into virgin territory. Raise the tension to the boiling point. Master the ruses of the coffeehouse players. Discover the magic of peculiar moves. Has your opponent just made a blunder, or is it a trap? Here’s a reliable way to answer that question and turn the tables. All the rule-bending strategies and devious tactics are illustrated with fully analyzed examples from real games.

 

This essential guide covers:

• The Nature of Tricky Chess
• 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: An evaluation of tricksy chess
• Transforming into a 'tricky chess' player