Mindful Chess: The Spiritual Journey of a Professional Chess Player - Softcover

Van Der Sterren; Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9083347915 ISBN 13: 9789083347912

Publisher: New In Chess, 2024

Synopsis

Immediately after the release of his chess autobiography In Black and White, Paul van der Sterren describes his spiritual journey as a professional chess player in Mindful Chess. As a boy, Paul became fascinated by chess and became a gladiator at the chess board. To quote Theodore Roosevelt, he met with both victory and defeat, much joy and suffering. When, later in life, he discovered vipassana meditation, he met again with joy and suffering – and approached these issues with the same total devotion as he had brought to chess―thousands and thousands of hours on the cushion and studying Buddhist literature. In Mindful Chess, the reader will follow Paul's journey and get his long and short answer to whether meditation or mindfulness will help one's chess.

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About the Author

Paul van der Sterren is a grandmaster and two-time Dutch champion who qualified for the Candidates Matches. He is a prolific author and won the ECF Chess Book of the Year Award in 2024 for his autobiography, In Black and White. His other books include Mindful Chess and Fundamental Chess Openings.

From the Back Cover

The Dutch Grandmaster Paul van der Sterren was a professional chess player for over twenty years. At the peak of his career, he qualified for the Candidate Matches for the World Championship – and was only four victories away from the World Title. In Mindful Chess, you will get his long and short answer to whether meditation or mindfulness will help your chess.

As a boy, Van der Sterren became fascinated by chess and became a gladiator at the chess board. To quote Theodore Roosevelt, he met with both victory and defeat, much joy and suffering. When, later in life, he discovered vipassana meditation, he met again with joy and suffering – and approached these issues with the same total devotion as he had brought to chess―thousands and thousands of hours on the cushion and studying Buddhist literature.

The reader will follow the two journeys through chess and meditation. And find answers to questions such as: What is chess? What is meditation? Who am I? What is I? Or will the answer elude you, is too much inexplainable and unknowable?

Paul van der Sterren (1956) was a professional chess player for over twenty years. At the peak of his career, the Dutch grandmaster qualified for the Candidate Matches for the World Championship – and was only four victories away from the World Title. He is the bestselling author of Fundamental Chess Openings (Gambit Publishers). In 2023 New In Chess published his book In Black and White - a chess autobiography.

Edition details

• Publisher: New In Chess
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9083347915
• ISBN 13: 9789083347912
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128