1st Edition

The Psychology of Chess Skill

By Dennis H. Holding Copyright 1985
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

Both chess play and psychological research offer rewards to their participants in the form of intellectual satisfaction. It seems to follow that combining these two forms of activity, by carrying out research into chess play, should be a particularly engaging enterprise. In the mid-1980s enough was now known for it to be feasible to tell a reasonably satisfying story by piecing together the... Read more

List of Games.  Preface.  1. The Game and Play of Chess  2. Individual Differences  3. Looking and Visualizing  4. Chess Memory  5. Memory and Skill  6. How Computers Play Chess  7. Planning and Search  8. Evaluating Chess Positions  9. Problems and Issues  10. Skill at Chess. References and Author Index.  Appendix A: Chess Notation.  Appendix B: Protocol by 1522 Player.  Subject Index.

Biography

Dennis H. Holding