| The
Bluffer's Guide to Chess |
| By
B. W. Malpass |
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| Extracts
from the book | |
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| Post
mortem |
| It
is a sobering thought that no matter how brilliantly one side plays, he can only
win if his opponent makes an error. The same applies to other games, of course,
but chess differs in that it can take several years' exhaustive post-game analysis
to establish what the mistake was. |
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| Weight
loss |
| A
lengthy tournament is draining not only mentally but physically. It is common
for players to lose a stone in weight in the course of one. Top players train
hard to get fit beforehand. Sadly it doesn't work the other way round. You get
fit to play chess, not by playing it. |
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| Piece
of mind |
| 'J'adoube'
are two little words you must say before adjusting the position on the board of
any men whose misalignment on their squares might be annoying your tidy mind.
Please note that this only works in chess and not in the real world. |
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| Reviews |
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| The
Bluffer's Guide to Chess
will enable anyone who thinks Nigel Short is a racing driver to get an immediate
handle on the game that's experiencing an upsurge in national interest. |
| Books
Magazine |
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| very
nice book ... usefull for winning quickly ! if u like quik & short games .. this
is ur book ! |
| A
reader from Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Table
of Contents | |
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Introduction
The
Game
Sidings
The Material
The Phases
The Draw
The Gambit
Notation
Correspondence Chess
Match Play
The World Championship
Tournament Play
Handicapping
Problems
Puzzles
Time Limits
The Players
Prodigies
Day Jobs
Ratings
Chess
History
Who is Good at Chess WhoÍs
Who in Chess
Alexander Alekhine
Jos³ Raoul Capablanca y Graupera
Robert J. Fischer
Anatoly Karpov
Gary Kasparov
Raymond Keene
Emmanuel
Lasker
Philip Marlowe
Paul Morphy
Judith Polgar
Nigel Short
Howard Staunton
Sultan Khan
Mikhail Tal
John von Neumann The
Future Glossary
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Fortune
Telling
