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The Seven Deadly Chess Sins

The Seven Deadly Chess Sins

Rowson, Jonathan

Paperback

Series: Scotland's Youngest Grandmaster Discusses the Most Common Ca

ChessGeneral PsychologyGeneral Board Games

Publisher Price: $24.95

ISBN10: 1901983366
ISBN13: 9781901983364
Publisher: Gambit Publications
Published: Mar 1 2001
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.78 Depth: 9.76
Language: English
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? And how can we recognize the warning signs better?

In this thought-provoking and entertaining book, Jonathan Rowson investigates, in his inimitable style, the main reasons why chess-players sometimes go horribly astray, focusing on the underlying psychological pitfalls:
* Thinking (unnecessary or erroneous)
* Blinking (missing opportunities; lack of resolution)
* Wanting (too much concern with the result of the game)
* Materialism (lack of attention to non-material factors)
* Egoism (insufficient awareness of the opponent and his ideas)
* Perfectionism (running short of time; trying too hard)
* Looseness (losing the plot; drifting; poor concentration)

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