The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions Into Chess Mastery

Silman, Jeremy

ISBN 10: 1890085022 / ISBN 13: 9781890085025

Published by Siles Press, 1999

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Soft cover. Nominal shelf/edge wear. Nominal soil/finger smudge page tail, tight and square.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions Into Chess Mastery
• Publisher: Siles Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1890085022
• ISBN 13: 9781890085025
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Educational
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Jeremy Silman is an International Master and a world-class teacher, writer, and player who has won the American Open, the National Open, and the U.S. Open. Considered by many to be the games preeminent instructive writer, he is the author of over thirty-seven books, including Silmans Complete Endgame Course, The Amateurs Mind, The Complete Book of Chess Strategy, and The Reassess Your Chess Workbook. His website (www.jeremysilman.com) offers fans of the game instruction, book reviews, theoretical articles, and details of his work in the creation of the chess scene in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.