Imagination in Chess
How to Think Creatively and Avoid Foolish Mistakes
Paata Gaprindashvili
ISBN: 9780713488913
Price: £16.99
Publication date: 28 February 2004
ISBN: 9781849946094
ASIN: 9781849946094
Price: £11.99
Our price: £
Publication date: 17 November 2020
Category: Chess
There is much published on chess tactics, strategy, openings and endings, but little on how to come up with imaginative solutions through logical thinking and evaluation. This book is dedicated to that task and provides over 700 ‘fresh’ positions, incorporating a variety of schemes of thought for the reader to solve. The examples emphasise the power of logical and resourceful thinking, quick wit and imagination. In each chapter the author presents little-explored concepts, such as progressive and reciprocal thinking, to help the reader achieve decisive results and to make fewer mistakes in calculation.
The material has been accumulated by the author over many years as a trainer and will be of great benefit to competitive players seeking to improve their methods of thinking.