Sign-In
Cart
The Imparable Logic and Psychology in Chess
Hardcover
Currently unavailable to order
Please enter your email and a message will be sent to you when this product becomes available on our website.
ISBN13: 9789083429021
Publisher: Thinkers Publishing
Published: Sep 24 2024
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.70 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Much has been written in chess about specific openings, players and tournaments. From experience, those are not easy books to write (because you need to be analytically laser-sharp), but at least you know what you're signing up for. By contrast, books like the one you currently hold might be laxer on the minutiae, but as a whole can be harder to conceive and transform into finished reality. While not requiring using cloud engines on depth-56 to find a novelty, they are instead (so to speak) painted with a broader brush.
Two examples of what I mean are Vukovic's The Art of Attack in Chess and the famous classic, Nimzowitsch's My System. In each, the author is a professional who brings across nothing more nor less than their philosophy of how the game should be played, and the degree of emotional energy they pour into it manifests in a work that rightly reflects the status of our game, not merely as an academic endeavor but as a cultural one.
The current book is a fitting, if not overdue, addition to that genre. As a cultural phenomenon, chess exists somewhere on the spectrum between natural philosophy (by which I mean science in its traditional form) and fine art. Viewed statically from the outside, it combines elements of both. Viewed dynamically from the inside, that same ambiguity which the game of chess straddles can be viewed as being that between logic and psychology.
Also in
Chess
Everyone's First Chess Workbook: Fundamental Tactics and Checkmates for Improvers - 738 Practical Exercises
Giannatos, Peter
Paperback
1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players: The Tactics Workbook That Also Explains All Key Concepts
Erwich, Frank
Paperback
Beginner Chess Puzzles: 500 Practice Exercises to Take Your Game to the Next Level
Bennedik, Martin
Paperback
A World Champion's Guide to Chess: Step-By-Step Instructions for Winning Chess the Polgar Way!
Polgar, Susan
Truong, Paul
Paperback
How to Beat Anyone at Chess: The Best Chess Tips, Moves, and Tactics to Checkmate
Moore, Ethan
Paperback
Intermediate Chess Puzzles: 500 Practice Exercises to Take Your Game to the Next Level
Bennedik, Martin
Paperback
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess: The Russian Chess School 2.0 - Opening and Middlegame
Landa, Kostantin
Sakaev, Konstantin
Paperback
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine
Edmonds, David
Eidinow, John
Paperback
1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners: The Tactics Workbook That Also Improves Your Endgame Skills
Willemze, Thomas
Paperback
How to Study Chess on Your Own: Creating a Plan That Works... and Sticking to It!
Kuljasevic, Davorin
Paperback
Chess for Beginners: Know the Rules, Choose Your Strategy, and Start Winning
Orlova, Yelizaveta
Paperback
The Chess Player's Bible: Illustrated Strategies for Staying Ahead of the Game
Eade, James
Lawrence, Al
Paperback
Chess Opening Essentials: The Ideas & Plans Behind All Chess Openings, the Complete 1. E4
Pantaleoni, Claudio
Djuric, Stefan
Komarov, Dimitry
Paperback
Rock Solid Chess Volume 3: Tiviakov's Unbeatable Strategies: Searching for the Right Move
Tiviakov, Sergei
Gökbulut, Yulia
Paperback
Chess from Beginner to Winner!: Master the Game from the Opening Move to Checkmate
Bordi, Kévin
Robin, Samy
Paperback
Chess Scorebook: 100 Games - Chess Workbook - Notation Scoresheets to Log Scores, Matches, Tournaments and Results - Score Pad
Press, Red Tiger
Paperback
The London System in 12 Practical Lessons: Strategic Concepts, Typical Plans and Tactical Themes
De Prado, Oscar
Paperback
1001 Chess Exercises for Advanced Club Players - Updated: Spot Those Killer Moves and Stun Your Opponent
Erwich, Frank
Paperback
Chess Tactics for Champions: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Tactics and Combinations the Polgar Way
Truong, Paul
Polgar, Susan
Paperback
Capablanca's Endgame Technique: The Astonishing Chess Logic of the 3rd World Champion
Colovic, Alex
Hardcover
Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition: Key Moves and Motifs in the Middlegame
Van de Oudeweetering, International Master Arthur
Paperback
Associative Thinking: How to Connect Patterns and Creativity in Chess
Shereshevsky, Mikhail
Paperback
Perpetual Chess Improvement: Practical Chess Advice from World-Class Players and Dedicated Amateurs
Johnson, Ben
Paperback
Techniques of Positional Play: 45 Practical Methods to Gain the Upper Hand in Chess
Bronznik, Valeri
Paperback
Chess in the Third Reich: How the Game Was Played, Glorified, and Abused in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945
Kingston, Taylor
Paperback
Zuke 'Em-The Colle Zukertort Revolutionized: A chess opening system for everyone, now bullet-proofed with new ideas
Rudel, David I.
Paperback
Grind Like a Grandmaster: How to Keep Pressing Until Your Opponent Cracks
Carlsen, Magnus
Howell, David
Paperback
The World's Most Boring Chess Book: The Isolated D-Pawn in the Endgame
Rogers, Ian
Hazai, Laszlo
Paperback
100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know Workbook: Practical Exercises to Spot the Key Chess Moves
Erwich, Frank
Paperback
Chess Openings for Beginners: Essential Strategies Every Player Should Know
Martin, Jessica Era
Paperback
Silman's Chess Odyssey: Cracked Grandmaster Tales, Legendary Players, and Instruction and Musings
Silman, Jeremy
Paperback
How to Play Chess for Beginners: My First Chess Book: Rules, Strategies & Openings
Borisov, Gary
Paperback
The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games: New, Updated and Expanded Edition - Now with 145 Games
Nunn, John
Emms, John
Burgess, Graham
Paperback
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy
Chernev, Irving
Paperback
Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
Waitzkin, Fred
Paperback
The How to Study Chess on Your Own Workbook: Exercises and Training for Club Players (1800 - 2100 Elo)
Kuljasevic, Davorin
Paperback
The New In Chess Book of Chess Improvement: Lessons From the Best Players in the World
Giddins, Steve
Paperback
What Chess Coaches Don't Tell You
John Doknjas, John Doknjas
Victoria Doknjas, Victoria Doknjas
Paperback
The 100 Endgames You Must Know Workbook: Practical Endgame Exercises for Every Chess Player
De La Villa, Jesus
Paperback
Back to Basics: Chess Openings: A comprehensive guide to chess openings and opening play
Hansen, Carsten
Paperback