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Chess Traps

Pitfalls And Swindles

By: I. A. Horowitz, Fred Reinfeld

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Paperback | 15 April 1971 | Edition Number 1

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From Simon & Schuster, Chess Traps is I.A. Horowitz''s exploration of chess'' pitfalls and swindes—both how to set them and how to avoid them.

This is a rich storehouse of Chess ''crimes.'' Sometimes the villain is thwarted: more often he gets away with his nefarious deeds. But, in either event, the tales, and their telling, will prove to be instructive and vastly entertaining.

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Non-Fiction Hobbies, Games & Puzzles Indoor Games Board Games, Table Top & Strategy Games The Game of Chess Fiction Fiction in Translation and Short Stories Short Stories Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Chess Gimmicks and the Psychology Behind Them
Even the Masters Can Go Wrong	p. 3
More About Traps, Pitfalls, and Swindles	p. 14
Baiting the Trap	p. 29
Traps and Pitfalls in the Opening
"Transparent" Traps and Pitfalls	p. 53
The Harried King	p. 63
Inept Development	p. 74
Greed Doesn't Pay	p. 94
Gimmicks in Over-the-Board Play
Slick, Sly, and Subtle	p. 109
The Gentle Art of Swindling	p. 127
Gimmick vs. Gimmick
"He Sees It!"	p. 149
One Good Gimmick Deserves Another	p. 172
The Trapper Trapped	p. 198
Thrust and Counterthrust	p. 220
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