Bluff your way in Chess [antikvár]

introduction Let us be quite clear that it is not necessary for the chess bluffer actually to know how to play the game. Indeed, die-hard bluffers of the old school would argue vehemently that to learn to play would be tantamount to cheating, and anyone caught doing it should be asked to resign. (There is in fact no club or other organization from which to resign but this is the sort of symbolic gesture dear to the heart of the true-blue practitioner.) Whether you play or not, it is vital that you avoid getting all fouled up in the mere mechanics of the game. Concentrate on chess's rich, colourful vocabulary and its impoverished, colourful players. Take, for example, the old-time master O'Kelly de Galway. It is totally unnecessary for you to be familiar with his style of play, his tournament record, or even his Elo rating iq.v.). All you need to know is that there was a chess player who rejoiced in the name of O'Kelly de Galway and that he was not Irish but Belgian. If you are still of a mind to give your all for your art and insist on learning the moves, so be it, but you won't leam from this book. There are three ways to go about it, none of which comes close to being taught to play at the age of four by a fond parent, but that may not be terribly practicable for many readers. It can have drawbacks too, particularly if the infant starts thrashing the parent by the age of six, which often leads to an outbreak of deep depression followed by excessive drinking and the eventual break-up of the whole family. More practically, the alternatives are to:- i) read a book. If you have joined the non-reading classes, get a video.