McDonald: Break the Rules! - A Modern Look at Chess Strategy BILD ZU KLEIN Entertaining and educational

Entertaining and educational

the endgame technique of most players is deficient

Power Play Chess

29th September 2020

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McDonald: Break the Rules! - A Modern Look at Chess Strategy BILD ZU KLEIN Entertaining and educationalAs 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