The Seven Deadly Chess Sins

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Vydanie 2000
Počet strán 208
Formát A5
Jazyk anglický

A thought-provoking and entertaining investigation into the main reasons chess-players go horribly astray.

Everyone loses chess games occasionally, but all too often we lose because of moves that, deep down, we knew were flawed. Why do we commit these board sins? Are they the result of general misconceptions about how chess should be played? And how can we recognize the warning signs? Jonathan Rowson examines seven underlying psychological pitfalls: Thinking (unnecessary or erroneous), Blinking (missing opportunities), Wanting (too much concern with the result), Materialism (lack of attention to non-material factors), Egoism (insufficient awareness of the opponent's ideas), Perfectionism (running short of time) and Looseness ('losing the plot'). Each chapter combines analysis of grandmaster and amateur games with reflections on chess and the human mind. Grandmaster Jonathan Rowson is a three-time British Chess Champion and at the time of writing was Scotland's youngest grandmaster.