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Play Unconventional Chess and Win
Noam Manella
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Description for Play Unconventional Chess and Win
Paperback. A treasure trove of brilliant chess moves which appear to contradict basic principles and yet are played successfully by world-class grandmasters. Free your mind of inflexibility and join the authors on a fascinating journey through chess creativity. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 698.
The computer has changed the way top players think about chess. The silicon mind has no psychological barriers. It is willing to check moves that most humans, including top players, consider absurd and reject instantly. Thus this brave, new computer era inevitably leads to a reassessment of old axioms, principles and evaluations. In this book the reader will discover the incredible power unconventional moves can have. These moves contradict the most fundamental principles of the old chess , and yet most of them played by leading grandmasters. At first sight these moves look so strange ... Read more
The computer has changed the way top players think about chess. The silicon mind has no psychological barriers. It is willing to check moves that most humans, including top players, consider absurd and reject instantly. Thus this brave, new computer era inevitably leads to a reassessment of old axioms, principles and evaluations. In this book the reader will discover the incredible power unconventional moves can have. These moves contradict the most fundamental principles of the old chess , and yet most of them played by leading grandmasters. At first sight these moves look so strange ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman Chess
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
697 g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781942048
SKU
V9781781942048
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99-15
About Noam Manella
Noam A. Manella is a well-known expert in the field of creativity and author of The Creative Code. He's a chess study composer, whose works have received numerous awards. Zeev Zohar examined The Influence of Computer Software on Top Chess Players' Creativity as part of his MA studies at Tel Aviv University. His revolutionary findings constitute the basis ... Read more
Reviews for Play Unconventional Chess and Win
This book can be both enjoyable and useful, as it is full of original ideas and great examples. I would like to congratulate the authors on their first book, and I am sure that readers of all levels would benefit from it., Boris Gelfand, World Championship finalist 2012 I am very happy to note that Noam A. Manella & ... Read more