Full name: The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery

Author: Jeremy Silman Year: 1995 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Chess, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781890085025 1890085022

This book takes the student on a journey through his own mind and returns him to the chess board with a wealth of new-found knowledge and the promise of a significant gain in strength. Most amateurs possess erroneous thinking processes that remain with them throughout their chess lives. These flaws in their mental armour result in stinging defeats and painful reversals. Books can be bought and studied, lessons can be taken -- but in the end, these elusive problems always prove to be extremely difficult to eradicate. Seeking a solution to this dilemma, the author wrote down the thoughts of his students while they played actual games, analysed them, and catalogued the most common misconceptions that arose. This second edition greatly expands on the information contained in the popular first edition. Similar books: Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker Winning Chess by Irving Chernev How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler Chess Fundamentals by Jose Capablanca Weapons of Chess by Bruce Pandolfini Chess by Laszlo Polgar Logical Chess by Irving Chernev How to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman Simple Chess by Michael Stean Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Jeff Coakley Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps by Bruce Pandolfini Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker Boost Your Chess: Fundamentals No. 1 by Artur Yusupov My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess by Patrick Wolff 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld