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In most areas of human endeavor, bluffing is an easy way of getting by -- a method of artificially appearing knowledgeable.The Bluffer's Guides are a three million-copy best-selling series of snappy little books containing facts, jargon, and inside information -- all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.

About the Author :
B. W. Malpass was taught to play chess at the age of four by his father, who left home to join the Royal Navy shortly afterwards. His first steps in bluffing took place on the bus on the way home from school. He and a chess-playing friend would try to impress their fellow passengers by playing convincing but spurious games of blindfold chess. They would call out the moves loudly to make sure everyone got the message, and there was a great deal of brow knitting and head scratching to illustrate the intensity of the mental effort involved in playing without the aid of board or men. It came to an abrupt end during a particularly realistic demonstration, when a miner on his way home from his shift paused as he left the bus and addressed the pair: "Tha' last three moves were illegal, lad. And 'yon's" - (nodding to the friend who was already going beet-red) - "yon's were bloody impossible. If you two are chess players, I'm Greta Garbo." It was game, set and match to the horny-handed son of toil, who exited whistling. Mercifully, B.W. Malpass retired from competitive chess many years ago and greets all questions about his Elo rating with hysterical laughter, so his playing strength remains a mystery. He did perfect the defensive role of the domestic cat in chess. His chess computer, like him, could use new batteries.

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"The Bluffer's Guide to Chess "will enable anyone who thinks Nigel Short is a racing driver to get an immediate handle on the game that's experiencing an upsurge in national interest. --"Books Magazine" "The Bluffer's Guide to Chess will enable anyone who thinks Nigel Short is a racing driver to get an immediate handle on the game that's experiencing an upsurge in national interest. --"Books Magazine


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781903096161
  • Publisher: Oval Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Oval Books
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Bluffer's Guides
  • Width: 111 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1903096162
  • Publisher Date: 29 Sep 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 178 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 47 gr


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