Better Thinking, Better Chess: How a Grandmaster Finds his Moves
Winner of the CJA 2019 Best Instructional Book Award

Finding strong moves does not simply depend on how much you know about chess. In fact, greater knowledge often makes choosing a move more complex because it increases the number of directions your mind can take. It’s about the way you think.

His many years as a chess trainer have taught grandmaster Joel Benjamin how fundamental failings in their thought process cause his students to make mistakes. Pointing out the moves his students missed was just half the job. He needed to explain why they didn’t arrive at the right move. Analysing your game with a chess engine will not tell you where and why you went wrong. Chess engines represent a different reality: the top computer move isn’t always the right move to play.

This book teaches how you can improve the structure and effectiveness of your thinking when sitting at the board. How to look for the right things. If you take the wrong direction at the start of your deliberations, as club players often do, you may be losing before you know it.

Joel Benjamin concentrates on a wide array practical issues that players frequently have to deal with. By applying a grandmaster’s train of thought club players will more often arrive at strong moves and substantially improve their game.

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Better Thinking, Better Chess: How a Grandmaster Finds his Moves
Winner of the CJA 2019 Best Instructional Book Award

Finding strong moves does not simply depend on how much you know about chess. In fact, greater knowledge often makes choosing a move more complex because it increases the number of directions your mind can take. It’s about the way you think.

His many years as a chess trainer have taught grandmaster Joel Benjamin how fundamental failings in their thought process cause his students to make mistakes. Pointing out the moves his students missed was just half the job. He needed to explain why they didn’t arrive at the right move. Analysing your game with a chess engine will not tell you where and why you went wrong. Chess engines represent a different reality: the top computer move isn’t always the right move to play.

This book teaches how you can improve the structure and effectiveness of your thinking when sitting at the board. How to look for the right things. If you take the wrong direction at the start of your deliberations, as club players often do, you may be losing before you know it.

Joel Benjamin concentrates on a wide array practical issues that players frequently have to deal with. By applying a grandmaster’s train of thought club players will more often arrive at strong moves and substantially improve their game.

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Better Thinking, Better Chess: How a Grandmaster Finds his Moves

Better Thinking, Better Chess: How a Grandmaster Finds his Moves

by Joel Benjamin
Better Thinking, Better Chess: How a Grandmaster Finds his Moves

Better Thinking, Better Chess: How a Grandmaster Finds his Moves

by Joel Benjamin

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Winner of the CJA 2019 Best Instructional Book Award

Finding strong moves does not simply depend on how much you know about chess. In fact, greater knowledge often makes choosing a move more complex because it increases the number of directions your mind can take. It’s about the way you think.

His many years as a chess trainer have taught grandmaster Joel Benjamin how fundamental failings in their thought process cause his students to make mistakes. Pointing out the moves his students missed was just half the job. He needed to explain why they didn’t arrive at the right move. Analysing your game with a chess engine will not tell you where and why you went wrong. Chess engines represent a different reality: the top computer move isn’t always the right move to play.

This book teaches how you can improve the structure and effectiveness of your thinking when sitting at the board. How to look for the right things. If you take the wrong direction at the start of your deliberations, as club players often do, you may be losing before you know it.

Joel Benjamin concentrates on a wide array practical issues that players frequently have to deal with. By applying a grandmaster’s train of thought club players will more often arrive at strong moves and substantially improve their game.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789056918071
Publisher: Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date: 11/30/2018
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

At thirteen years of age Joel Benjamin broke Bobby Fischer's record as the youngest ever US master. He won the US Championship three times and was the chess consultant for IBM's Deep Blue computer, which made history by beating World Champion Garry Kasparov in an epic encounter. He has been teaching chess for many years. His previous book Liquidation on the Chess Board won the 2015 Best Book Award of the Chess Journalists of America (CJA).

Table of Contents

Explanation of symbols 6

Introduction 7

Acknowledgments 11

Chapter 1 Openings 13

Chapter 2 Endgames 37

Chapter 3 Tactics 64

Chapter 4 Grandmaster calculation and analysis 84

Chapter 5 Problems in calculation and cognitive approach 108

Chapter 6 Material and initiative 131

Chapter 7 Winning the won game 164

Chapter 8 Swindling 185

Chapter 9 Words of wisdom: tips for better chess thinking 215

Chapter 10 Challenges 219

Index of players 222

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