Quality Chess, 2017. — 408 p. — ISBN13: 978-1907982354. In Thinking Inside the Box Jacob Aagaard describes his chess improvement philosophy, developed over more than twenty years of thinking about one question: How do we make better decisions at the chess board? As the final volume in the award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, this book unifies the concepts of the...
Quality Chess, 2017. — 408 p. — ISBN13: 978-1907982354. In Thinking Inside the Box Jacob Aagaard describes his chess improvement philosophy, developed over more than twenty years of thinking about one question: How do we make better decisions at the chess board? As the final volume in the award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, this book unifies the concepts of the...
Quality Chess, 2017. — 408 p. — ISBN13: 978-1907982354. In Thinking Inside the Box Jacob Aagaard describes his chess improvement philosophy, developed over more than twenty years of thinking about one question: How do we make better decisions at the chess board? As the final volume in the award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, this book unifies the concepts of the...
Everyman Chess, 2004. — 160 p. — ISBN13: 978-1857443578. What separates a Grandmaster from an International Master? How do the thought processes of strong club players differ from that of middling club players? What techniques can enthusiastic chess players employ when striving to reach the next rung on the ladder? Jacob Aagaard provides the answers to these questions in this...
London: Everyman Chess, 2004. — 157 p. — ISBN: 9781857443578. Inside the Chess Mind enters fresh territory in chess literature by providing a thought-provoking insight as to how the chess brains of the great, the good, and the improver operate. Renowned chess writer Jacob Aagaard supplies numerous challenges to a group of chess players of a very wide range of ages and playing...
The Chaucer Press, 1975. — 352 p. — ISBN13: 978-0340194928. THE Chess Mind is an important Mind, and important to more than Chess players. In Chess, human intelligence achieves a creativity which cannot be explained away in terms of conditioned reflexes or the formation of habits. One of the Author's contentions in this essay is that mental habits and memory are elements in...
The Chaucer Press, 1951. — 292 p. — ISBN13: 978-0340194928. THE Chess Mind is an important Mind, and important to more than Chess players. In Chess, human intelligence achieves a creativity which cannot be explained away in terms of conditioned reflexes or the formation of habits. One of the Author's contentions in this essay is that mental habits and memory are elements in...
The Chaucer Press, 1951. — 292 p. — ISBN13: 978-0340194928. THE Chess Mind is an important Mind, and important to more than Chess players. In Chess, human intelligence achieves a creativity which cannot be explained away in terms of conditioned reflexes or the formation of habits. One of the Author's contentions in this essay is that mental habits and memory are elements in...
The Chaucer Press, 1975. — 352 p. — ISBN13: 978-0340194928. THE Chess Mind is an important Mind, and important to more than Chess players. In Chess, human intelligence achieves a creativity which cannot be explained away in terms of conditioned reflexes or the formation of habits. One of the Author's contentions in this essay is that mental habits and memory are elements in...
Barcelona: Editorial Paidotribo, 2004. — 152 p. — ISBN: 84-8019-815-X. El ajedrez es una de las técnicas más fructíferas para desarrollar capacidades mentales tales como la memoria, atención o concentración. Además de servir como ocio, juego y distracción implica un laborioso proceso mental para quien lo practica. En este libro se analiza el ajedrez desde una perspectiva...
Quality Chess, 2008. — 192 p. — ISBN: 9789185779031. "Chess Tips for the Improving Player" provides practical advice on how to improve at chess. It is aimed at an audience above-beginner level. This book is for readers who are familiar with the basic ideas and want to take the next step to chess mastery.
Quality Chess, 2008. — 192 p. — ISBN: 9789185779031. "Chess Tips for the Improving Player" provides practical advice on how to improve at chess. It is aimed at an audience above-beginner level. This book is for readers who are familiar with the basic ideas and want to take the next step to chess mastery.
Cadogan, 1997. — 169 p. — ISBN: 1857441494. After a discussion of the characteristics and processes of creativity, 10 central concepts, such as unusual positioning and functioning of pieces, alertness to subtle differences, absurd moves, flexibility, etc., are presented with a wealth of truly amazing examples to encourage the reader to broaden the horizons of his chess...
Cadogan, 1997. — 169 p. — ISBN: 1857441494. After a discussion of the characteristics and processes of creativity, 10 central concepts, such as unusual positioning and functioning of pieces, alertness to subtle differences, absurd moves, flexibility, etc., are presented with a wealth of truly amazing examples to encourage the reader to broaden the horizons of his chess...
Dover Publications, 2011. — 128 p. — ISBN: 0486424219. One false move, and you're dead — as in other games, chess is fraught with situations in which the wrong reaction leads directly to defeat. However, unlike most other games, chess's most dangerous moments are often subtle and easily overlooked. This volume offers guidance to players at every level on how to develop an early...
Courier Corp., 2012. — 128 p. — ISBN: 0-486-42421-9. One false move, and you're dead — as in other games, chess is fraught with situations in which the wrong reaction leads directly to defeat. However, unlike most other games, chess's most dangerous moments are often subtle and easily overlooked. This volume offers guidance to players at every level on how to develop an early...
B.T. Batsford, 2006. — 144 p. — ISBN13: 978-0713490046. Master chess psychologist Amatzia Avni outlines a new approach to playing chess - be tricksy about your game, bend the rules where possible and always come out on top! Players of all abilities are urged, step-by-step, to unlearn everything they've learned so far and adopt a fearless attitude to the game. Every tip for...
B.T. Batsford, 2006. — 144 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-71349004-6. Master chess psychologist Amatzia Avni outlines a new approach to playing chess - be tricksy about your game, bend the rules where possible and always come out on top! Players of all abilities are urged, step-by-step, to unlearn everything they've learned so far and adopt a fearless attitude to the game. Every tip for...
B.T. Batsford, 2003. — 160 p. — ISBN13: 978-0713487138. By studying the psychology of chess, players at all levels will learn how to maximize their chess strengths.
B.T. Batsford, 2003. — 160 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-7134-8713-5. Most chess books give you a chapter and verse on how to understand chess better, but pay little attention to how your behaviour and psychological outlook - before, during and after a game - can affect your standard of play. Author Amatzia Avni addresses the latter issue head on, covering: *The setting of goals *Handling...
Everyman Chess, 1998. — 112 p. — ISBN13: 978-1857442106. All chess players know the impact of a surprising move in a game of chess. The victim is disoriented and often blunders in reply, while the player landing the surprise feels invigorated, lusting for the battle ahead. It is thus quite a surprise in itself
Everyman Chess, 1998. — 112 p. — ISBN13: 978-1857442106. All chess players know the impact of a surprising move in a game of chess. The victim is disoriented and often blunders in reply, while the player landing the surprise feels invigorated, lusting for the battle ahead. It is thus quite a surprise in itself
Mongoose Press, 2011. — 336 p. — ISBN: 978-1-936277-32-2. The legendary Baron Munchausen was famous for telling incredible stories about his astounding happenings and astonishing feats. Munchausen was both a fearless, bold adventurer and a fun, inspiring companion. Now, imagine the Baron playing chess! This book presents a series of extraordinary chess tales, describing...
Mongoose Press, 2011. — 336 p. — ISBN: 978-1-936277-32-2. The legendary Baron Munchausen was famous for telling incredible stories about his astounding happenings and astonishing feats. Munchausen was both a fearless, bold adventurer and a fun, inspiring companion. Now, imagine the Baron playing chess! This book presents a series of extraordinary chess tales, describing...
Mongoose Press, 2011. — 336 p. — ISBN: 978-1-936277-32-2. The legendary Baron Munchausen was famous for telling incredible stories about his astounding happenings and astonishing feats. Munchausen was both a fearless, bold adventurer and a fun, inspiring companion. Now, imagine the Baron playing chess! This book presents a series of extraordinary chess tales, describing...
New In Chess, 2012. — 265 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-379-3. Nobody doubts that intuition in chess exists. It is part of the arsenal of every chess player, next to well-known skills such as tactical vision, the ability to calculate variations and endgame technique. But how does intuition in chess work, and where does it take us? Intuition is by far the vaguest and hardest to grasp...
New In Chess, 2012. — 265 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-379-3. Nobody doubts that intuition in chess exists. It is part of the arsenal of every chess player, next to well-known skills such as tactical vision, the ability to calculate variations and endgame technique. But how does intuition in chess work, and where does it take us? Intuition is by far the vaguest and hardest to grasp...
New In Chess, 2012. — 265 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-379-3. Nobody doubts that intuition in chess exists. It is part of the arsenal of every chess player, next to well-known skills such as tactical vision, the ability to calculate variations, and endgame technique. But how does intuition in chess work, and where does it take us? Intuition is by far the vaguest and hardest-to-grasp...
New In Chess, 2012. — 265 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-379-3. Nobody doubts that intuition in chess exists. It is part of the arsenal of every chess player, next to well-known skills such as tactical vision, the ability to calculate variations, and endgame technique. But how does intuition in chess work, and where does it take us? Intuition is by far the vaguest and hardest-to-grasp...
Gambit Publications, 2002. — 180 p. — ISBN: 978-1-901983-52-8. Intuition is central to all chess decision-making, and an understanding of its role is vital in improving one's game. Players who try to calculate everything to a finish are doomed to lose out to those who use their logical and intuitive abilities in harmony with one another. This book, the first devoted to the role...
Random House Puzzles & Games, 1991. — 264 p. — ISBN13: 978-0812918665. What's the best move? One that will disturb your opponant the most. Regardless of your playing strength, chess psychology will help you maximise your playing strength and win more games.
Random House Puzzles & Games, 1991. — 264 p. — ISBN13: 978-0812918663. What's the best move? One that will disturb your opponant the most. Regardless of your playing strength, chess psychology will help you maximise your playing strength--and win more games.
Paris: Hachette, 1894. — 377 p. L'ouvrage que publie Alfred Binet en 1894 est, en même temps qu'une analyze approfondie d'individualités psychologiques remarquables, une importante contribution à la psychologie de l'expertise en calcul et aux échecs à laquelle les chercheurs se réfèrent encore actuellement. On trouve dans la première partie du livre la description de deux des...
Paris: Hachette, 1894. — 377 p. L'ouvrage que publie Alfred Binet en 1894 est, en même temps qu'une analyze approfondie d'individualités psychologiques remarquables, une importante contribution à la psychologie de l'expertise en calcul et aux échecs à laquelle les chercheurs se réfèrent encore actuellement. On trouve dans la première partie du livre la description de deux des...
Saint-Paul: Olibris, 2012. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-2916340463. S'il est un domaine scientifique riche d'enseignements pour le joueur d'échecs, c'est bien la psychologie. Pourtant, les enseignements de la psychologie cognitive restent mal connus de la plupart des joueurs de compétition. Or, s'il reste beaucoup à découvrir, on en sait aujourd'hui suffisamment sur le cerveau pour en...
Beginchess.com, 2016. — 1 p. (Authors not specified). Infographics in English. The checklist includes questions about the current position and the calculation of moves for the future.
Paris: Payot, 1984. — 302 p. Aussi faut-il preciser ici les limites et l’esprit de cet ouvrage,aussi bien que definir l’auditoire auquel il s’adresse. Il ne pouvait s’agir de traiter exhaustivement de thёmes comme « les echecet la psychologie», qui necessiterient a eux seuls plusieurs ouvrages, mais de faire le point sur ces questions, en apprenant au lecteur ce qui s’est fait...
Paris: Payot, 1984. — 302 p. Aussi faut-il preciser ici les limites et l’esprit de cet ouvrage,aussi bien que definir l’auditoire auquel il s’adresse. Il ne pouvait s’agir de traiter exhaustivement de thёmes comme « les echecet la psychologie», qui necessiterient a eux seuls plusieurs ouvrages, mais de faire le point sur ces questions, en apprenant au lecteur ce qui s’est fait...
Everyman Chess, 2003. — 128 p. Why do so many chess players only draw winning positions, or lose drawing ones? Why do many continually slip into time trouble, despite vowing after every game to move more quickly? How can a player perform like a Grandmaster on one day and a complete novice the next? What's the best way to beat a lower rated player and what gives you the best...
Everyman Chess, 2003. — 128 p. — ISBN: 978-1-85744-326-8. Why do so many chess players only draw winning positions, or lose drawing ones? Why do many continually slip into time trouble, despite vowing after every game to move more quickly? How can a player perform like a Grandmaster on one day and a complete novice the next? What's the best way to beat a lower rated player and...
Gambit, 2003. — 224 p. Chess is a game of decisions. As well as deciding about which move to play and which plan to adopt, players must also make practical decisions about how to use their clock time and whether to use intuition rather than trying to calculate every line to a finish. Viacheslav Eingorn draws upon his vast experience to provide guidance on how to weigh the...
Gambit Publications, 2003. — 224 p. — ISBN: 1-901983-87-0. Chess is a game of decisions. As well as deciding about which move to play and which plan to adopt, players must also make practical decisions about how to use their clock time and whether to use intuition rather than trying to calculate every line to a finish. Viacheslav Eingorn draws upon his vast experience to...
Editorial Hispano Europea, S. A., 2007. — 210 p. — ISBN: 978-84-255-1726-6. El ajedrez es un juego de decisiones. Además de decidir qué jugada hacer y qué plan adoptar, hay que tomar también decisiones de carácter práctico sobre cómo administrar el tiempo y si es preferible emplear la intuición en vez de intentar calcular cada variante hasta el final. Este libro es el primer...
Editorial Hispano Europea, S. A., 2007. — 210 p. — ISBN: 978-84-255-1726-6. El ajedrez es un juego de decisiones. Además de decidir qué jugada hacer y qué plan adoptar, hay que tomar también decisiones de carácter práctico sobre cómo administrar el tiempo y si es preferible emplear la intuición en vez de intentar calcular cada variante hasta el final. Este libro es el primer...
Cardoza Publishing, 2001. — 144 p. — ISBN: 1-58042-027-3. Grandmaster and Hall of Fame chess legend Larry Evans, draws upon his vast experience as 5-time USA champion, author of 25 books, and Bobby Fischer`s second, to present a fun and challenging new approach for chess players. Readers test their skills against 100 fascinating positions from actual games and must choose the...
Cardoza Publishing, 2001. — 144 p. — ISBN: 1-58042-027-3. Grandmaster and Hall of Fame chess legend Larry Evans, draws upon his vast experience as 5-time USA champion, author of 25 books, and Bobby Fischer`s second, to present a fun and challenging new approach for chess players. Readers test their skills against 100 fascinating positions from actual games and must choose the...
Reuben Fine one of the best chess players in the world in 1939 (and a Psychiatrist ) analyses the personalities of the chess world champions from Howard Staunton until Mikhail Botvinnik and also Bobby Fischer.
Dover Publications, 1967, 74 p., ISBN: 0486215512 Just what is the special ability that sets great chess players apart from other men has long been a topic of intense speculation. Unfortunately, very little scientific work has been clone on the question. The major stumbling block has been that psychologists who have worked on the question, like Binet. have not been first-rank...
Ediciones Martínez Roca, S. A., 1974. — 128 p. — ISBN: 978-84-270-0254-8. El hecho de buscar cuál es la capacidad especial que distingue a los grandes ajedrecistas de los demás hombres ha sido, durante mucho tiempo, tema de las más enconadas controversias. El principal obstáculo para aclarar esta cuestión era que los psicólogos que emprendían el estudio, tales como Binet, no se...
Dover Publications, 1967. — 74 p. — ISBN: 978-0-48621551-2. Just what is the special ability that sets great chess players apart from other men has long been a topic of intense speculation. Unfortunately, very little scientific work has been clone on the question. The major stumbling block has been that psychologists who have worked on the question, like Binet. have not been...
Routledge, 1999. — 240 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-203-36090-7. Joseph Sandler has been an important influence in psychoanalysis throughout the world during the latter part of the twentieth century, contributing to changing views on both psychoanalytic theory and technique. He has also been a bridging force in psychoanalysis, helping to close the gap between American ego psychologists,...
Routledge, 1999. — 240 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-203-36090-7. Joseph Sandler has been an important influence in psychoanalysis throughout the world during the latter part of the twentieth century, contributing to changing views on both psychoanalytic theory and technique. He has also been a bridging force in psychoanalysis, helping to close the gap between American ego psychologists,...
B.T. Batsford, 2004. — 287 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-7134-8891-3. There is much published on chess tactics, strategy, openings and endings, but little on training the brain to think and evaluate. This book is dedicated to that task and provides numerous positions that encourage independent and original problem solving.
B.T. Batsford, 2004. — 287 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-7134-8891-3. There is much published on chess tactics, strategy, openings and endings, but little on training the brain to think and evaluate. This book is dedicated to that task and provides numerous positions that encourage independent and original problem solving.
B.T. Batsford, 2004. — 287 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-7134-8891-3. There is much published on chess tactics, strategy, openings, and endings, but little on training the brain to think and evaluate. This book is dedicated to that task and provides numerous positions that encourage independent and original problem-solving.
B.T. Batsford, 2004. — 287 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-7134-8891-3. There is much published on chess tactics, strategy, openings, and endings, but little on training the brain to think and evaluate. This book is dedicated to that task and provides numerous positions that encourage independent and original problem-solving.
Thinkers Publishing, 2021. — 264 p. — ISBN: 978-94-6420-122-2. Have you ever wondered why you do well in certain tournaments and not in others? If your opening choices are the right ones? Is your attacking play good, bad, or Tinder swipe left ugly? In this entertaining account, the author explains how to achieve success in chess we need to understand ourt works for us, but to...
Thinkers Publishing, 2021. — 264 p. — ISBN: 978-94-6420-122-2. Have you ever wondered why you do well in certain tournaments and not in others? If your opening choices are the right ones? Is your attacking play good, bador , or is Tinder swipe left ugly? In this entertaining account, the author explains how to achieve success in chess we need to understand what works for us,...
Thinkers Publishing, 2021. — 264 p. — ISBN: 978-94-6420-122-2. Have you ever wondered why you do well in certain tournaments and not in others? If your opening choices are the right ones? Is your attacking play good, or bad, or is Tinder swipe left ugly? In this entertaining account, the author explains how to achieve success in chess we need to understand what works for us,...
Thinkers Publishing, 2021. — 264 p. — ISBN: 978-94-6420-122-2. Have you ever wondered why you do well in certain tournaments and not in others? If your opening choices are the right ones? Is your attacking play good, or bad, or is Tinder swipe left ugly? In this entertaining account, the author explains how to achieve success in chess we need to understand what works for us,...
Thinkers Publishing, 2021. — 264 p. — ISBN: 978-94-6420-122-2. Have you ever wondered why you do well in certain tournaments and not in others? If your opening choices are the right ones? Is your attacking play good, bad, or Tinder swipe left ugly? In this entertaining account, the author explains how to achieve success in chess we need to understand ourt works for us, but to...
Chess Evolution, 2016. — 248 p. — ISBN: 978-8393465699. English chess Grandmaster Danny Gormally finds his life at a crossroads. Bored with Berlin defences, sick of the endless grind of the English chess circuit, he tries his luck on the European scene. In this at times hilarious and tragic account, Gormally shares the inner workings of the chess world — a world riven with...
Chess Evolution, 2016. — 248 p. — ISBN: 978-8393465699. English chess Grandmaster Danny Gormally finds his life at a crossroads. Bored with Berlin defences, sick of the endless grind of the English chess circuit, he tries his luck on the European scene. In this at times hilarious and tragic account, Gormally shares the inner workings of the chess world — a world riven with...
Chess Evolution, 2016. — 248 p. — ISBN: 978-8393465699. English chess Grandmaster Danny Gormally finds his life at a crossroads. Bored with Berlin defences, sick of the endless grind of the English chess circuit, he tries his luck on the European scene. In this at times hilarious and tragic account, Gormally shares the inner workings of the chess world — a world riven with...
Mouton Publishers, 1978. — 463 p. — ISBN: 9027979146. Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot (Santpoort, October 26, 1914 - Schiermonnikoog, August 14, 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 he wrote his thesis Het denken van den schaker, which in 1965 was translated to English...
Mouton Publishers, 1978. — 463 p. — ISBN: 9027979146. Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot (Santpoort, October 26, 1914 - Schiermonnikoog, August 14, 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 he wrote his thesis Het denken van den schaker, which in 1965 was translated to English...
Quality Chess, 2022. — 225 p. ISBN: 978-1-78483-111-0. Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how. To write about chess psychology, the...
Glasgow: Quality Chess, 2022. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78483-112-7. Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how. To write about chess...
Glasgow: Quality Chess, 2022. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78483-112-7. Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how. To write about chess...
Gambit Publications, 2008. — 254 p. — ISBN: 978-1-906454-01-2. Traditionally, chess games have been divided into three stages - opening, middlegame and endgame - and general principles presented for how to handle each stage. All chess-players will be well aware that these principles all too frequently fail to help in their selection of the best move. In this important work,...
Gambit Publications, 2008. — 254 p. — ISBN: 978-1-906454-01-2. Traditionally, chess games have been divided into three stages - opening, middlegame and endgame - and general principles presented for how to handle each stage. All chess-players will be well aware that these principles all too frequently fail to help in their selection of the best move. In this important work,...
Facts on File, 1984. — 138 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-87196-226-8. Examines the psychological motivation of chess players and discusses the role of subjective and irrational considerations in influencing a chess player's decisions
Facts on File, 1984. — 138 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-87196-226-8. Examines the psychological motivation of chess players and discusses the role of subjective and irrational considerations in influencing a chess player's decisions
Mongoose Press, 2009. — 224 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-9791482-4-8. When a club player decides he wants to raise his rating, he typically looks to improve his middlegame or endgame understanding. Often, however, the true secret to improvement lies not in studying additional chess material but in learning a more powerful thinking process. The Improving Chess Thinker provides...
Second edition. — Mongoose Press, 2014. — 330 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-936277-48-3. Chessplayers wishing to improve their performance typically seek to deepen their middlegame understanding or to increase their endgame knowledge. Often, however, the real key to improvement lies not in learning additional ideas and positions, but in developing a more effective thinking process at the...
Second edition. — Mongoose Press, 2014. — 330 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-936277-48-3. Chessplayers wishing to improve their performance typically seek to deepen their middlegame understanding or to increase their endgame knowledge. Often, however, the real key to improvement lies not in learning additional ideas and positions, but in developing a more effective thinking process at the...
Second edition. — Mongoose Press, 2014. — 330 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-936277-54-4. Chessplayers wishing to improve their performance typically seek to deepen their middlegame understanding or to increase their endgame knowledge. Often, however, the real key to improvement lies not in learning additional ideas and positions, but in developing a more effective thinking process at the...
Second edition. — Mongoose Press, 2014. — 330 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-936277-54-4. Chessplayers wishing to improve their performance typically seek to deepen their middlegame understanding or to increase their endgame knowledge. Often, however, the real key to improvement lies not in learning additional ideas and positions, but in developing a more effective thinking process at the...
Second edition. — Mongoose Press, 2014. — 330 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-936277-54-4. Chessplayers wishing to improve their performance typically seek to deepen their middlegame understanding or to increase their endgame knowledge. Often, however, the real key to improvement lies not in learning additional ideas and positions, but in developing a more effective thinking process at the...
Mongoose Press, 2009. — 224 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-9791482-4-8. When a club player decides he wants to raise his rating, he typically looks to improve his middlegame or endgame understanding. Often, however, the true secret to improvement lies not in studying additional chess material but in learning a more powerful thinking process. The Improving Chess Thinker provides...
Mongoose Press, 2009. — 224 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-9791482-4-8. When a club player decides he wants to raise his rating, he typically looks to improve his middlegame or endgame understanding. Often, however, the true secret to improvement lies not in studying additional chess material but in learning a more powerful thinking process. The Improving Chess Thinker provides...
Mongoose Press, 2009. — 224 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-9791482-4-8. When a club player decides he wants to raise his rating, he typically looks to improve his middlegame or endgame understanding. Often, however, the true secret to improvement lies not in studying additional chess material but in learning a more powerful thinking process. The Improving Chess Thinker provides...
Mongoose Press, 2009. - 224 p. - ISBN13: 978-0979148248 When a club player decides he wants to raise his rating, he typically looks to improve his middlegame or endgame understanding. Often, however, the true secret to improvement lies not in studying additional chess material but in learning a more powerful thinking process. The Improving Chess Thinker provides representative...
Third Edition. — New In Chess, 2014. — 371 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-398-4. The chess playing mind does not work like a machine. Selecting a move results from rather chaotic thought processes and is not the logical outcome of applying a rational method. The only problem with that, says International Master Willy Hendriks, is that most books and courses on improving at chess claim...
Third Edition. — New In Chess, 2014. — 371 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-398-4. The chess playing mind does not work like a machine. Selecting a move results from rather chaotic thought processes and is not the logical outcome of applying a rational method. The only problem with that, says International Master Willy Hendriks, is that most books and courses on improving at chess claim...
Third Edition. — New In Chess, 2014. — 371 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-398-4. The chess playing mind does not work like a machine. Selecting a move results from rather chaotic thought processes and is not the logical outcome of applying a rational method. The only problem with that, says International Master Willy Hendriks, is that most books and courses on improving at chess claim...
Third edition. — New In Chess, 2014. — 392 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-398-4. The chess playing mind does not work like a machine. Selecting a move results from rather chaotic thought processes and is not the logical outcome of applying a rational method. The only problem with that, says International Master Willy Hendriks, is that most books and courses on improving at chess claim...
Third edition. — New In Chess, 2014. — 392 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-398-4. The chess playing mind does not work like a machine. Selecting a move results from rather chaotic thought processes and is not the logical outcome of applying a rational method. The only problem with that, says International Master Willy Hendriks, is that most books and courses on improving at chess claim...
Third edition. — New In Chess, 2014. — 392 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-398-4. The chess playing mind does not work like a machine. Selecting a move results from rather chaotic thought processes and is not the logical outcome of applying a rational method. The only problem with that, says International Master Willy Hendriks, is that most books and courses on improving at chess claim...
New In Chess, 2012. — 255 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-398-4. The chess playing mind does not work like a machine and selecting a move is not the logical outcome of applying a rational method. The only problem with that, says International Master Willy Hendriks, is that most books and courses on improving at chess claim exactly the opposite. The dogma of the chess instruction...
New In Chess, 2012. — 255 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-398-4. The chess playing mind does not work like a machine and selecting a move is not the logical outcome of applying a rational method. The only problem with that, says International Master Willy Hendriks, is that most books and courses on improving at chess claim exactly the opposite. The dogma of the chess instruction...
Third Edition. — New In Chess, 2014. — 371 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-398-4. The chess-playing mind does not work like a machine. Selecting a move results from rather chaotic thought processes and is not the logical outcome of applying a rational method. The only problem with that, says International Master Willy Hendriks, is that most books and courses on improving at chess claim...
Newton Highlands (USA): Mongoose Press, 2021. — 145 p. — ISBN: 978-1-936277-96-4. The seconds tick down relentlessly toward zero just as your game approaches the critical stage. Your higher-rated opponent is putting your game under severe pressure, so extreme accuracy is needed to hang tough and avoid falling into a losing position. What do you do now – should you exchange...
Mongoose Press, Sep 09, 2021. — 237 p. — ISBN: 978-1-936277-96-4. The seconds tick down relentlessly toward zero just as your game approaches the critical stage. Your higher-rated opponent is putting your game under severe pressure, so extreme accuracy is needed to hang tough and avoid falling into a losing position. What do you do now – should you exchange pieces to relieve...
Newton Highlands (USA): Mongoose Press, 2021. — 145 p. — ISBN: 978-1-936277-96-4. The seconds tick down relentlessly toward zero just as your game approaches the critical stage. Your higher-rated opponent is putting your game under severe pressure, so extreme accuracy is needed to hang tough and avoid falling into a losing position. What do you do now – should you exchange...
B.T. Batsford, 1997. — 148 p. — ISBN: 978-0713478047. Inspired by Alexander Kotov's Think Like a Grandmaster, chess columnist, and international master Byron Jacobs has created a system that trains players to think methodically in typical over-the-board situations. He focuses specifically on helping them to analyze accurately and make sense of complex positions — precisely...
Batsford, 2003. - 144 p. Inspired by Alexander Kotov's Think Like a Grandmaster, chess columnist and international master Byron Jacobs has created a system that trains players to think methodically in typical over-the-board situations. He focuses specifically on helping them to analyze accurately and make sense of complex positions--precisely those aspects of chess where games...
PublicAffairs, 2017. — 304 p. — ISBN13: 978-1610397865. Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game. That moment was more than a century in the making, and...
PublicAffairs, 2017. — 304 p. — ISBN13: 978-1610397865. Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game. That moment was more than a century in the making, and...
PublicAffairs, 2017. — 304 p. — ISBN13: 978-1610397865. Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game. That moment was more than a century in the making, and...
Carmelite House, 2017. — 220 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47365-352-8. Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game. That moment was more than a century in the making,...
Carmelite House, 2017. — 220 p. — ISBN: 978-1-47365-352-8. Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game. That moment was more than a century in the making,...
3rd ed. — Editoriai Ricardo Aguiera, 1982. — 185 p. — ISBN: 84-7005-164-4. El extraordinario interés de esta obra, ya clásica en la literatura ajedrecística, se debe al acierto con que describe los métodos empleados por los principales jugadores de nuestro tiempo. El progreso en ajedrez es el resultado de un duro trabajo en estudio de teoría. Kotov facilita el camino relatando...
3rd ed. — Editoriai Ricardo Aguiera, 1982. — 185 p. — ISBN: 84-7005-164-4. El extraordinario interés de esta obra, ya clásica en la literatura ajedrecística, se debe al acierto con que describe los métodos empleados por los principales jugadores de nuestro tiempo. El progreso en ajedrez es el resultado de un duro trabajo en estudio de teoría. Kotov facilita el camino relatando...
Thinkers Publishing, 2021. — 172 p. ISBN: 978946420 1024. This book is partly designed as an autobiographical experience focusing on the processes that arise in the life of a chess player that has been translated into everyday life. In part, the book incorporates psychological theories that generally explain these processes, but overall it can be seen as a guide on how to use...
RHM Press, 1976. — 254 p. — ISBN10: 0890580235. The role of psychology in chess has long been underrated in the Western World. Most players spend all of their study time immersed in books about the openings and the endgame, without even trying to analyze their own strengthsand weaknesses as a player. In the Soviet Union, on the other hand, it has long been known that an...
RHM Press, 1976. — 254 p. — ISBN10: 0890580235. The role of psychology in chess has long been underrated in the Western World. Most players spend all of their study time immersed in books about the openings and the endgame, without even trying to analyze their own strengthsand weaknesses as a player. In the Soviet Union, on the other hand, it has long been known that an...
Pitman House Limited, 1976. — 252 p. — ISBN13: 978-0890580233. The role of psychology in chess has long been underrated in the Western World. Most players spend all of their study time immersed in books about the openings and the endgame, without even trying to analyze their strengths and weaknesses as a player. In the Soviet Union, on the other hand, it has long been known...
Gloucester Publishers Limited, 2023. — 212 p. ISBN: 978 1 78194 649 7. The vast majority of chess games witness familiar strategies and well-known tactical motifs. These are the games that you will find in the anthologies and opening repertoires. Sometimes, however, games appear that seem to have been played on a different planet. Conventional strategies go out of the window....
Batsford, 2013. — 258 p. — ISBN13: 978-0713488944. Grand master and prolific chess author Neil McDonald explains every single move made in 30 striking tactical or strategical games played over the last quarter century.
Batsford, 2013. — 258 p. — ISBN13: 978-0713488944. Grand master and prolific chess author Neil McDonald explains every single move made in 30 striking tactical or strategical games played over the last quarter century. Each of these games has been carefully chosen for its consistent logical thread, so that the reader will get prime instruction in the art of conceiving...
Batsford, 2013. — 524 p. — ISBN13: 978-1849941068. Grand master and prolific chess author Neil McDonald explains every single move made in 30 striking tactical or strategical games played over the last quarter century. Each of these games has been carefully chosen for its consistent logical thread, so that the reader will get prime instruction in the art of conceiving...
Batsford, 2013. — 524 p. — ISBN13: 978-1849941068. Grand master and prolific chess author Neil McDonald explains every single move made in 30 striking tactical or strategical games played over the last quarter century. Each of these games has been carefully chosen for its consistent logical thread, so that the reader will get prime instruction in the art of conceiving...
Batsford, 2013. — 524 p. — ISBN13: 978-1849941068. Grand master and prolific chess author Neil McDonald explains every single move made in 30 striking tactical or strategical games played over the last quarter century. Each of these games has been carefully chosen for its consistent logical thread, so that the reader will get prime instruction in the art of conceiving...
Santa Eulalia de Morcin: Editorial Chessy, 2008. — 91 p. — ISBN: 978-84-934834-8-7. ¿Qué es la intuición en ajedrez? ¿es acaso una habilidad que puede desarrollarse? En este libro se buscan soluciones a estas interrogantes a partir de lo que la ciencia ha descubierto acerca de cómo pensamos y de lo que realmente significa para los psicólogos la intuición. Este enfoque –...
Batsford, 1997. — 192 p. — ISBN: 0713479744. C.O.O.L. Chess is the sequel to H.O.T. Chess, one of the most innovative chess manuals of the 1990s! Grandmaster Motwani continues to explain his easy-to-use acronym-based approach to chess thinking, and shows how Creative Original Opening Lines can bring astonishing over-the-board successes. The many brilliant games in this book...
Batsford, 1997. — 192 p. C.O.O.L. Chess is the sequel to H.O.T. Chess, one of the most innovative chess manuals of the 1990s! Grandmaster Motwani continues to explain his easy-to-use acronym-based approach to chess thinking, and shows how Creative Original Opening Lines can bring astonishing over-the-board successes. The many brilliant games in this book include victories by...
Intl Chess Enterprises, 1997. - 192 p. Highly Original Thinking is GM's Motwani's description of the acronym-based approach he advocates for chess thinking. Those who play H.O.T. chess will build up an armory of mnemonics to help them concentrate all of their powers on key chessboard issues in a systematic way, even in the full heat of battle. After GM Motwani explains how you...
Intl Chess Enterprises, 1997. — 192 p. — ISBN: 0-7134-7975-2. Highly Original Thinking is GM's Motwani's description of the acronym-based approach he advocates for chess thinking. Those who play H.O.T. chess will build up an armory of mnemonics to help them concentrate all of their powers on key chessboard issues in a systematic way, even in the full heat of battle. After GM...
B.T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1996. ISBN: 0713479752. ASIN: B01K93SAQ8. Highly Original Thinking is GM Motwani's description of the acronym-based approach he advocates for chess thinking. Those who play H.O.T. chess will build up an armory of mnemonics to help them concentrate all of their powers on key chessboard issues in a systematic way, even in the full heat of battle. After...
BookBaby, 2014. — 218 p. — ISBN: 9781483538822. Long-awaited, the second volume of "The Process of Decision Making in Chess" acts as a natural yet independent sequel. It teaches a very practical and applicable approach to decision making in chess - for you who have already read volume 1, it will serve as a guide for the practical application of the theory you studied, and as...
BookBaby, 2014. — 218 p. — ISBN: 9781483538822. Long-awaited, the second volume of "The Process of Decision Making in Chess" acts as a natural yet independent sequel. It teaches a very practical and applicable approach to decision making in chess - for you who have already read volume 1, it will serve as a guide for the practical application of the theory you studied, and as...
BookBaby, 2014. — 218 p. — ISBN: 9781483538822. Long-awaited, the second volume of "The Process of Decision Making in Chess" acts as a natural yet independent sequel. It teaches a very practical and applicable approach to decision making in chess - for you who have already read volume 1, it will serve as a guide for the practical application of the theory you studied, and as...
BookBaby, 2014. — 218 p. — ISBN: 9781483538822. Long-awaited, the second volume of "The Process of Decision Making in Chess" acts as a natural yet independent sequel. It teaches a very practical and applicable approach to decision making in chess - for you who have already read volume 1, it will serve as a guide for the practical application of the theory you studied, and as...
BookBaby, 2014. — 218 p. — ISBN: 9781483538822. Long-awaited, the second volume of "The Process of Decision Making in Chess" acts as a natural yet independent sequel. It teaches a very practical and applicable approach to decision making in chess - for you who have already read volume 1, it will serve as a guide for the practical application of the theory you studied, and as...
BookBaby, 2013. — 143 p. — ISBN13: 978-1624889059. This guidebook will teach you how to make correct decisions in chess at every phase of the game, whether you are a total beginner or an expert. Designed for self study , it includes all the material being taught at the first part of the way to improve in chess- creating a solid foundation in the process of decision making in...
BookBaby, 2013. — 143 p. — ISBN: 13- 9781624889059. This guidebook will teach you how to make correct decisions in chess at every phase of the game, whether you are a total beginner or an expert. Designed for self study , it includes all the material being taught at the first part of the way to improve in chess- creating a solid foundation in the process of decision making in...
BookBaby, 2013. — 143 p. — ISBN: 13- 9781624889059. This guidebook will teach you how to make correct decisions in chess at every phase of the game, whether you are a total beginner or an expert. Designed for self study , it includes all the material being taught at the first part of the way to improve in chess- creating a solid foundation in the process of decision making in...
BookBaby, 2013. — 143 p. — ISBN: 13- 9781624889059. This guidebook will teach you how to make correct decisions in chess at every phase of the game, whether you are a total beginner or an expert. Designed for self study , it includes all the material being taught at the first part of the way to improve in chess- creating a solid foundation in the process of decision making in...
BookBaby, 2013. — 143 p. — ISBN: 13- 9781624889059. This guidebook will teach you how to make correct decisions in chess at every phase of the game, whether you are a total beginner or an expert. Designed for self study , it includes all the material being taught at the first part of the way to improve in chess- creating a solid foundation in the process of decision making in...
California: Los Angeles, 2014. — 40 p. Mental Conditioning for the Modern Chess Player Manage your mental states at the board with proficiency. The mental side of chess is just as important or even more important than the technical aspect. People can study and study as much as they want but this will only ever get them so far. Real leaps and improvements can be made by...
California: Los Angeles, 2014. — 40 p. Mental Conditioning for the Modern Chess Player Manage your mental states at the board with proficiency. The mental side of chess is just as important or even more important than the technical aspect. People can study and study as much as they want but this will only ever get them so far. Real leaps and improvements can be made by...
Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2001. — 284 p. — ISBN: 978-1-888690-10-0. What wins chess games? More than anything else, organised and efficient thinking. But chess thinking is specialised. Even Albert Einstein was a confessed chess duffer. Its not so much how smart you are as how smart your chess-thinking techniques are. The effects of memorising moves, one of the most widespread...
Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2001. — 284 p. Solo Analysis. Positions for solo analysis. Analysis of training positions-solutions. How to analyze the protocols of thinking aloud. Example of protocol analyses. Exercises. Solutions to the exercises. Solving Methods Analysis of critical positions Grouping forcing and non-forcing possibilities Combining moves, grouping possibilities...
Metropolitan Chess Publishing, 2015. — 289 p. — ISBN-13: 978-0-9856281-6- 1. GM Ramesh RB is one of the world’s most successful coaches, having trained many of India’s top talents to become International Master and Grandmasters. Ramesh also impressed in his stellar commentary for the 2013 World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen an Vishwanathan Anand. In his first...
Metropolitan Chess Publishing, 2015. — 289 p. — ISBN-13: 978-0-9856281-6- 1. GM Ramesh RB is one of the world’s most successful coaches, having trained many of India’s top talents to become International Master and Grandmasters. Ramesh also impressed in his stellar commentary for the 2013 World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen an Vishwanathan Anand. In his first...
Metropolitan Chess Publishing, 2015. — 289 p. — ISBN-13: 978-0-9856281-6- 1. GM Ramesh RB is one of the world’s most successful coaches, having trained many of India’s top talents to become International Master and Grandmasters. Ramesh also impressed in his stellar commentary for the 2013 World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen an Vishwanathan Anand. In his first...
Metropolitan Chess Publishing, 2015. — 289 p. — ISBN-13: 978-0-9856281-6- 1. GM Ramesh RB is one of the world’s most successful coaches, having trained many of India’s top talents to become International Master and Grandmasters. Ramesh also impressed in his stellar commentary for the 2013 World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen an Vishwanathan Anand. In his first...
Metropolitan Chess Publishing, 2015. — 289 p. — ISBN-13: 978-0-9856281-6- 1. GM Ramesh RB is one of the world’s most successful coaches, having trained many of India’s top talents to become International Master and Grandmasters. Ramesh also impressed in his stellar commentary for the 2013 World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen an Vishwanathan Anand. In his first...
Translated by Deborah Klosky. — The MIT Press: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. — 205 p. — ISBN 978- 0- 262- 18267- 6 The first Spanish edition of "Chess Metaphors: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind" was published in 2005. The chess world, the AI world, and the brain / mind world have all evolved in new directions. The author Diego Rasskin-Gutman has said...
The MIT Press, 2009. — 226 p. — ISBN: 978-0-62-18267-6. When we play the ancient and noble game of chess, we grapple with ideas about honesty, deceitfulness, bravery, fear, aggression, beauty, and creativity, which echo (or allow us to depart from) the attitudes we take in our daily lives. Chess is an activity in which we deploy almost all our available cognitive resources;...
The MIT Press, 2009. — 226 p. — ISBN: 978-0-62-18267-6. When we play the ancient and noble game of chess, we grapple with ideas about honesty, deceitfulness, bravery, fear, aggression, beauty, and creativity, which echo (or allow us to depart from) the attitudes we take in our daily lives. Chess is an activity in which we deploy almost all our available cognitive resources;...
The MIT Press, 2009. — 226 p. — ISBN: 978-0-62-18267-6. When we play the ancient and noble game of chess, we grapple with ideas about honesty, deceitfulness, bravery, fear, aggression, beauty, and creativity, which echo (or allow us to depart from) the attitudes we take in our daily lives. Chess is an activity in which we deploy almost all our available cognitive resources;...
The MIT Press, 2009. — 226 p. — ISBN: 978-0-62-18267-6. When we play the ancient and noble game of chess, we grapple with ideas about honesty, deceitfulness, bravery, fear, aggression, beauty, and creativity, which echo (or allow us to depart from) the attitudes we take in our daily lives. Chess is an activity in which we deploy almost all our available cognitive resources;...
Editorial La Casa del Ajedrez, 2004. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-8492517138. Todos perdemos ocasionalmente partidas de ajedrez, pero con demasiada frecuencia esto ocurre debido a jugadas que, en nuestro fuero interno, sabíamos que tenían lagunas. ¿Por qué cometemos estos pecados en el tablero? ¿Son la consecuencia de nuestra mala concepción del ajedrez y de cómo debería jugarse? ¿Cómo...
Editorial La Casa del Ajedrez, 2004. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-8492517138. Todos perdemos ocasionalmente partidas de ajedrez, pero con demasiada frecuencia esto ocurre debido a jugadas que, en nuestro fuero interno, sabíamos que tenían lagunas. ¿Por qué cometemos estos pecados en el tablero? ¿Son la consecuencia de nuestra mala concepción del ajedrez y de cómo debería jugarse? ¿Cómo...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-1-63557-332-9. A chess grandmaster reveals the powerful teachings this ancient game offers for staying present, thriving in a complex world, and crafting a fulfilling life. Refined and perfected through 1,500 years of human history, chess has long been a touchstone for shrewd tacticians and master strategists. But the game is...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-1-63557-332-9. A chess grandmaster reveals the powerful teachings this ancient game offers for staying present, thriving in a complex world, and crafting a fulfilling life. Refined and perfected through 1,500 years of human history, chess has long been a touchstone for shrewd tacticians and master strategists. But the game is...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-1-63557-333-6. A chess grandmaster reveals the powerful teachings this ancient game offers for staying present, thriving in a complex world, and crafting a fulfilling life. Refined and perfected through 1,500 years of human history, chess has long been a touchstone for shrewd tacticians and master strategists. But the game is...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-1-63557-333-6. A chess grandmaster reveals the powerful teachings this ancient game offers for staying present, thriving in a complex world, and crafting a fulfilling life. Refined and perfected through 1,500 years of human history, chess has long been a touchstone for shrewd tacticians and master strategists. But the game is...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-1-63557-333-6. A chess grandmaster reveals the powerful teachings this ancient game offers for staying present, thriving in a complex world, and crafting a fulfilling life. Refined and perfected through 1,500 years of human history, chess has long been a touchstone for shrewd tacticians and master strategists. But the game is...
Bloomsbury, 2019. — 286 p. — ISBN: 978-1-5266-0384-5. Long known as a cut-throat metaphor for warfare or business, this ancient game of strategy and self-discipline is revealed to be a singularly powerful metaphor for the challenges, thrills, and set-backs that invest our daily lives with meaning and complexity. Jonathan Rowson's competitive success as a Grandmaster and work as...
Bloomsbury, 2019. — 286 p. — ISBN: 978-1-5266-0384-5. Long known as a cut-throat metaphor for warfare or business, this ancient game of strategy and self-discipline is revealed to be a singularly powerful metaphor for the challenges, thrills, and set-backs that invest our daily lives with meaning and complexity. Jonathan Rowson's competitive success as a Grandmaster and work as...
Bloomsbury, 2019. — 286 p. — ISBN: 978-1-5266-0384-5. Long known as a cut-throat metaphor for warfare or business, this ancient game of strategy and self-discipline is revealed to be a singularly powerful metaphor for the challenges, thrills, and set-backs that invest our daily lives with meaning and complexity. Jonathan Rowson's competitive success as a Grandmaster and work as...
Bloomsbury, 2019. — 286 p. — ISBN: 978-1-5266-0384-5. Long known as a cut-throat metaphor for warfare or business, this ancient game of strategy and self-discipline is revealed to be a singularly powerful metaphor for the challenges, thrills, and set-backs that invest our daily lives with meaning and complexity. Jonathan Rowson's competitive success as a Grandmaster and work as...
Bloomsbury, 2019. — 286 p. — ISBN: 978-1-5266-0384-5. Long known as a cut-throat metaphor for warfare or business, this ancient game of strategy and self-discipline is revealed to be a singularly powerful metaphor for the challenges, thrills, and set-backs that invest our daily lives with meaning and complexity. Jonathan Rowson's competitive success as a Grandmaster and work as...
Gambit Publications, 2001. — 208 p. — ISBN: 1901983366. Everyone loses chess games occasionally, but all too often we lose a game due to moves that, deep down, we knew were flawed. Why do we commit these chess-board sins? Are they the result of general misconceptions about chess and how it should be played better? In this thought-provoking and entertaining book, Jonathan Rowson...
2nd edition. — Cardosa Publishing, 2003. — 432 p. — ISBN: 9780940685932. From opening, middlegame, and endgame strategy, to psychological warfare and tournament tactics, you are taken through the thinking behind each essential concept. Examples, discussions, and diagrams show the full impact on the game's direction. Tons of diagrams, examples, sidebars, and sample games...
Cardosa Publishing, 2003. — 432 p. — ISBN: 9780940685932. The most important concepts, strategies, tactics, wisdom, and thinking that very chess player must know, plus the golden nuggets of knowledge behind every attack and defense, are collected in this one highly focused volume targeted to beginning and intermediate players.
Everyman, 2016. —258 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-353-3. Which opening does better in practice: the wild, “unsound” and “refuted” Latvian Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5) or the solid Philidor Defence (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6)? As James Schuyler points out, referring to the definitive Megabase, the Latvian Gambit scores higher. How can such a discredited opening (and the same story is repeated...
Everyman, 2016. —258 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-353-3. Which opening does better in practice: the wild, “unsound” and “refuted” Latvian Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5) or the solid Philidor Defence (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6)? As James Schuyler points out, referring to the definitive Megabase, the Latvian Gambit scores higher. How can such a discredited opening (and the same story is repeated...
Everyman, 2016. —258 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-353-3. Which opening does better in practice: the wild, “unsound” and “refuted” Latvian Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5) or the solid Philidor Defence (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6)? As James Schuyler points out, referring to the definitive Megabase, the Latvian Gambit scores higher. How can such a discredited opening (and the same story is repeated...
New in Chess, January 22, 2020. — 128 p. — ISBN: 978-9056918583. With lots of tips, lessons, and simple mental workouts. Your performance at the board does not only depend on your pure chess skills. Being a winner also requires a mindset that can cope with lots of stress and setbacks during hours of uninterrupted concentration. Just like technical chess skills, mental toughness...
New in Chess, January 22, 2020. — 128 p. — ISBN: 978-9056918583. With lots of tips, lessons, and simple mental workouts. Your performance on the board does not only depend on your pure chess skills. Being a winner also requires a mindset that can cope with lots of stress and setbacks during hours of uninterrupted concentration. Just like technical chess skills, mental toughness...
New in Chess, 2020. — 645 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-911-5. Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes...
New in Chess, 2020. — 534 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-911-5. Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes...
New in Chess, 2020. — 534 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-911-5. Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes...
New in Chess, 2020. — 645 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-911-5. Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes...
Remote Chess Academy. “Mikhail Tal’s magic revealed” is an essential Magic Revealed at all player levels. It will help you to understand the secrets behind Tal’s style. After the study of this course, you will be able to copy some of his winning techniques into your games, so you can play like a strong player!" Learn the Art of Attack from Mikhail Tal: The only way to win a...
Remote Chess Academy. “Mikhail Tal’s magic revealed” is an essential Magic Revealed at all player levels. It will help you to understand the secrets behind Tal’s style. After the study of this course, you will be able to copy some of his winning techniques into your games, so you can play like a strong player!" Learn the Art of Attack from Mikhail Tal: The only way to win a...
Remote Chess Academy. “Mikhail Tal’s magic revealed” is an essential Magic Revealed at all player levels. It will help you to understand the secrets behind Tal’s style. After the study of this course, you will be able to copy some of his winning techniques into your games, so you can play like a strong player!" Learn the Art of Attack from Mikhail Tal: The only way to win a...
Remote Chess Academy. “Mikhail Tal’s magic revealed” is an essential Magic Revealed at all player levels. It will help you to understand the secrets behind Tal’s style. After the study of this course, you will be able to copy some of his winning techniques into your games, so you can play like a strong player!" Learn the Art of Attack from Mikhail Tal: The only way to win a...
Chess-teacher.com, 2015. — 112 p. — ISBN: 9-781942-104353. This book will help you to stay cool and do your best while enjoying the royal game of chess. You’ll learn the most common psychological weapons that top Grandmasters use.
Chess-teacher.com, 2015. — 112 p. — ISBN: 9-781942-104353. This book will help you to stay cool and do your best while enjoying the royal game of chess. You’ll learn the most common psychological weapons that top Grandmasters use.
Chess-teacher.com, 2015. — 112 p. — ISBN: 9-781942-104353. This book will help you to stay cool and do your best while enjoying the royal game of chess. You’ll learn the most common psychological weapons that top Grandmasters use.
Remote Chess Academy. What’s Included: The Secrets of Strong Players – 9 Video Lessons (4 hours 28 minutes). The main idea of the course is to show the 9 main differences between players at the beginner and advanced level. This shows a clear blueprint for elevating your chess performance to the next level. GM Igor Smirnov selected several most critical differences between the...
Remote Chess Academy. What’s Included: The Secrets of Strong Players – 9 Video Lessons (4 hours 28 minutes). The main idea of the course is to show the 9 main differences between players at the beginner and advanced level. This shows a clear blueprint for elevating your chess performance to the next level. GM Igor Smirnov selected several most critical differences between the...
Remote Chess Academy. What’s Included: The Secrets of Strong Players – 9 Video Lessons (4 hours 28 minutes). The main idea of the course is to show the 9 main differences between players at the beginner and advanced level. This shows a clear blueprint for elevating your chess performance to the next level. GM Igor Smirnov selected several most critical differences between the...
Batsford, 2005. — 240 p. — ISBN: 9780713489798. There are more than 30 moves to choose from in a typical chess position. Yet masters regularly manage to select the best one--and they do it faster, more confidently, and with less calculation than other players. The reason: masters know shortcuts that enable them to think more efficiently. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis...
Batsford, 2005. — 240 p. There are more than 30 moves to choose from in a typical chess position. Yet masters regularly manage to select the best one--and they do it faster, more confidently, and with less calculation than other players. The reason: masters know shortcuts that enable them to think more efficiently. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis explains these...
Batsford, 2005. — 240 p. — ISBN: 9780713489798. There are more than 30 moves to choose from in a typical chess position. Yet masters regularly manage to select the best one--and they do it faster, more confidently, and with less calculation than other players. The reason: masters know shortcuts that enable them to think more efficiently. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis...
Batsford, 2020. — 209 p. ISBN: 978-1-84994-664-3. A book by a stalwart chess writer on an aspect of chess that is quite common, but little is written about, swindling in chess. In chess, a swindle is a ruse by which a player in a losing position tricks his opponent, and thereby achieves a win or draw instead of the expected loss. Renown chess writers Horowitz and Reinfeld...
Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2001. — 287 p. — ISBN: 978-1-888690-10-0. What wins chess games? More than anything else, organized and efficient thinking. But chess thinking is specialized. Even Albert Einstein was a confessed chess duffer. It's not so much how smart you are as how smart your chess-thinking techniques are. The effects of memorizing moves, one of the most widespread...
Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2001. — 287 p. — ISBN: 978-1-888690-10-0. What wins chess games? More than anything else, organized and efficient thinking. But chess thinking is specialized. Even Albert Einstein was a confessed chess duffer. It's not so much how smart you are as how smart your chess-thinking techniques are. The effects of memorizing moves, one of the most widespread...
Everyman Chess, 2013. — 155 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-029-7. "That is part of what I like in chess: it is psychological warfare at the board." Magnus Carlsen during interview with BBC, March 2013 In chess, more than in any other game, battles are won and lost in the mind. US National Master William Stewart is convinced that a positive attitude is crucial if you want to develop and...
Everyman Chess, 2013. — 155 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-029-7. "That is part of what I like in chess: it is psychological warfare at the board." Magnus Carlsen during interview with BBC, March 2013 In chess, more than in any other game, battles are won and lost in the mind. US National Master William Stewart is convinced that a positive attitude is crucial if you want to develop and...
Everyman Chess, 2013. — 155 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-029-7. "That is part of what I like in chess: it is psychological warfare at the board." Magnus Carlsen during interview with BBC, March 2013 In chess, more than in any other game, battles are won and lost in the mind. US National Master William Stewart is convinced that a positive attitude is crucial if you want to develop and...
Everyman Chess, 2013. — 155 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-029-7. "That is part of what I like in chess: it is psychological warfare at the board." Magnus Carlsen during interview with BBC, March 2013 In chess, more than in any other game, battles are won and lost in the mind. US National Master William Stewart is convinced that a positive attitude is crucial if you want to develop and...
Everyman Chess, 2013. — 155 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78194-029-7. "That is part of what I like in chess: it is psychological warfare at the board." Magnus Carlsen during interview with BBC, March 2013 In chess, more than in any other game, battles are won and lost in the mind. US National Master William Stewart is convinced that a positive attitude is crucial if you want to develop and...
Chess Digest, Inc., 1994. — 219 p. — ISBN: 978-875682561. Chess has one of the richest legacies of any game or sport. Praised for its intellectual depth, chess has well-documented cognitive and educational benefits for players. Psychological scholarship has increasingly turned to the game to reveal how expertise in chess relates to common abilities and tasks in life. Chess is...
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