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Loading... The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship, or, The Art of Winning Games without Actually Cheating (1947)by Stephen Potter
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  bringbackbooks | Jun 16, 2020 |   What might Davis have learned in advance of that contest? Perhaps he took note of the pages on rest here: http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/the-theory-and-practice-of... (  ) bringbackbooks | Jun 16, 2020 | ) Cecrow | May 14, 2010 | It was published just after the war, in 1947, and is a reflection of the British humour of that time - on a par with Lawrence Durrell's Chancery stories and the incomparable Michael Green with his Coarse series. What makes Gamesmanship so funny is that it makes perfect sense and is merely a formalised account of the niggling little ways we try and put down our oppoenents and boost our own esteem - sub-conscious psychological warfare. Once it has been pointed out however, it takes a brave - or conscienseless - sportsman to deliberatly bring the gambits and wheezes into play! (  )1  adpaton | Aug 5, 2009 | ) myykkall | Apr 6, 2009 | no reviews | add a review
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Gamesmanship as a civilised art is as old as the competitive spirit in man. It is polite psychological warfare. It is the moral equivalent of assault and battery. It is, as the subject of this book points out, The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating. Anyone who has ever played any games for keeps has discovered the Gamesman either in himself or in an opponent. In its simplest terms the poker player's bluff is a device of gamesmanship. While winning games without actually cheating may seem to some scrupulous sportmen to be treading the fair-play borderline, the author points out 'The true Gamesman is always the Good Sportsman.' If you find your game is slipping, whatever it might be-golf, tennis, bridge, poker, chess, craps or croquet-this is the book for you. Apply the power of the 'ploy' or, as we would say, the 'Indian sign.' After reading Gamesmanship you, too, can win without actually cheating No library descriptions found. |
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