McDonald: Break the Rules! - A Modern Look at Chess Strategy BILD ZU KLEIN cxd5 Nxd5 7

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as president of the World Chess Federation Fide from 1970 to 1978

Leon rapid 2007

Entertaining and educational

McDonald: Break the Rules! - A Modern Look at Chess Strategy BILD ZU KLEIN cxd5 Nxd5 7As 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