This book gives practical advice for club players who want to take the next step towards chess mastery. Amatzia Avni's approach is far more creative than the usual tips such as "develop your pieces" and "control the centre". Avni is a trained psychologist who looks at life from an unusual angle. Instead of repeating cliches seen before in coun-tless books, he scrutinised a huge number of chess positions, asking himself 'What can be learned from them?' The reader can now benefit from Avni's painstaking efforts.

Author Biography

Amatzia Avni is an Israeli psychologist who is a FIDE Master both over-the-board and of composition. He has written several original and critically acclaimed books. This is his first book for Quality Chess.