Practical chess psychology : understanding the human factor

By studying the psychology of chess, players at all levels will learn how to maximize their chess strengths. Most chess books give you a chapter and verse on how to understand chess better, but pay little attention to how your behaviour and psychological outlook - before, during and after a game - can affect your standard of play. Author Amatzia Avni addresses the latter issue head on, The setting of goals Handling spectators Dealing with losses Motivational aspects Cause-effect analysis The search for behavioural clues. Drawing on research findings, strong players' descriptions, as well as the views of the psychologist author, Practical Chess Psychology covers this much-neglected human aspect of chess. A better understanding of the psychology of chess playing as well as chess theory will assist players at club and tournament level to maximise their chess strengths. Most chess books give you chapter and verse on how to understand chess better and therefore improve your play, but they pay only scant attention to how your behavior and psychological outlook before, during, and after a game can affect your standard of play. A greater appreciation of the psychology of chess, as well as of chess theory, will allow all players at club and tournament levels to maximize their chess strengths.