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

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