Play Unconventional Chess and Win

The computer has changed the way top players think about chess. the silicon mind has no psychological barriers. it is "willing" to check moves that most humans, including top players, consider absurd and reject instantly. thus this brave, new computer era inevitably leads to a reassessment of old axioms, principles and evaluations. in this book the reader will discover the incredible power unconventional moves can have. these moves contradict the most fundamental principles of the "old chess", and yet most of them played by leading grandmasters. at first sight these moves look so strange that the reader can not avoid asking, "was this grandmaster was inspired or drunk?" the answer will definitely surprise you. review this book can be both enjoyable and useful, as it is full of original ideas and great examples. i would like to congratulate the authors on their first book, and i am sure that readers of all levels would benefit from it., boris gelfand, world championship finalist 2012 i am very happy to note that noam a. manella & zeev zohar are writing a very novel chess book. for us players, books such as this provide a good repository of games that can be analyzed time and again. i am quite honored that a game of mine against michael adams finds a prime place in this book. i wish the authors all the very best and look forward to enjoying the book and its entertaining analysis., viswanathan anand, world champion 2007-2013 from the back cover the computer has changed the way top players think about chess. the silicon mind has no psychological barriers. it is "willing" to check moves that most humans, including top players, consider absurd and reject instantly. thus this brave, new computer era inevitably leads to a reassessment of old axioms, principles and evaluations. in this book the reader will discover the incredible power unconventional moves can have. these moves contradict the most fundamental principles of the "old chess", and yet most of them played by leading grandmasters. at first sight these moves look so strange that the reader can not avoid asking, "was this grandmaster was inspired or drunk?" the answer will definitely surprise you. noam a. manella is a well-known expert in the field of creativity and author of the creative code. he's a chess study composer, whose works have received numerous awards. zeev zohar examined "the influence of computer software on top chess playerscreativity" as part of his ma studies at tel aviv university. his revolutionary findings constitute the basis for this extraordinary book.