McDonald: Break the Rules! - A Modern Look at Chess Strategy Schachtrainer mistakes go unpunished and the

mistakes go unpunished and the game drags on

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translated from his Russian autobiography

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

and how he kept his cool to out-calculate his opponents

McDonald: Break the Rules! - A Modern Look at Chess Strategy Schachtrainer mistakes go unpunished and theAs 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