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and amateurs alike have celebrated Christmas and welcomed the New Year in Hastings while battling it out on the chessboard

positional understanding is much more useful than computer help

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Tallinn 1985

Smerdon: Schlaues Schwindeln beim Schach Holz Keene and later Short) developedHow to save points in lost positions Chess is a cruel game. We all know the feeling when your position is going downhill and everything seems so hopeless. You just want to give up. But don't do that! This is the moment to switch to cheat mode. If you master the art of provoking your opponent into making mistakes, you can turn the tables and escape with a draw or sometimes even steal the full point! Cheating is a skill that can be trained. In this