| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Publisher Series | Penquin Handbook |
| Copyright Holder | Gerald Abrahams |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Keith Burns |
| First Published by | English Universities Press |
| Printed by | The Whitefriars Press Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| This Edition Published | 1964 |
| Copyright | 1951 |
| Pages / Font | 346 pages / Monotype Times |
| Catalog Number | PH46 |
| Other | 6'- |
| Chapters | Preface to the First Edition . . . 7
Preface to the Penquin Edition . . . 7
Introduction . . . 9
PART ONE: Varieties of Mental Activity in Chess
1. Vision in Chess . . . 15
. . .Notes Chess, Mathematics and Inference . . . 27
2. Common Sense and the Intrusion of Ideas . . . 30
3. Imagination: It's Use and Abuse . . . 52
4. General Thinking . . . 93
5. How Battles are Won and Lost . . . 121
6. Varieties of Error . . . 138
7. Empirical Chess . . . 165
8. Memory, Experience, and Technique . . . 187
PART TWO: The Chess Mind in Action
. . . Illustrative Games
1. Rubinstein - Capablanca . . . 221
2. Rubinstein - Lasker . . . 224
3. Capablanca - Spielman . . . 226
4. Kashdan - Reshevesky . . . 229
5. Yates - Takacs . . . 231
6. Reshevesky - Botvinnik . . . 234
7. Dake - Reshevesky . . . 235
8. Nimzovitch - Capablanca . . . 238
9. Canal - Capablanca . . . 241
10. Réti - Lasker . . . 245
11. Lasker - Capablanca . . . 248
12. Rauser - Botvinnik . . . 253
13. Botvinnik - Lisitzin . . . 257
14. Pillsbury - Lasker . . . 259
15. Bird - Mason . . . 261
16. Alekhine - Rubinstein . . . 263
17. Tarrasch - Bogoljubov . . . 265
18. Capablanca - Alekhine . . . 266
19. Euwe - Eliskases . . . 268
20. Keres - Eliskases . . . 272
21. Alekhine - Euwe . . . 274
22. Euwe - Alekhine . . . 276
23. Alekhine - Euwe . . . 278
24. Breyer - Esser . . . 280
25. Euwe - Réti . . . 282
26. Anderssen - Kieseritsky . . . 283
27. Morphy - Maurian . . . 283
28. Reshevesky - Beaumont . . . 284
29. Pillsbury - Tchigorin . . . 285
30. Botvinnik - Szabo . . . 286
31. Keres - Kotov . . . 287
32. Zagorowski - Mezhgailis . . . 288
33. Kotov - Geller . . . 289
34. Abrahams - Zuckerman . . . 290
35. Kondratiev - Orlov . . . 293
36. Reshevesky - Bronstein . . . 294
37. Geller - Euwe . . . 298
38. Botvinnik - Bronstein . . . 299
39. Botvinnik - Bronstein . . . 303
40. Geller - Smyslov . . . 307
41. Botvinnik - Smyslov . . . 311
42. Botvinnik - Smyslov . . . 313
43. Botvinnik - Smyslov . . . 318
44. Smyslov - Botvinnik . . . 323
45. Keres - Unzicker . . . 327
46. Keres - Tal . . . 330
47. Byrne - Fischer . . . 332
. . . INDEX . . . 337 Preface to the First Edition . . . 7
Preface to the Penquin Edition . . . 7
Introduction . . . 9
PART ONE: Varieties of Mental Activity in Chess
1. Vision in Chess . . . 15
. . .Notes Chess, Mathematics and Inference . . . 27
2. Common Sense and the Intrusion of Ideas . . . 30
3. Imagination: It's Use and Abuse . . . 52
4. General Thinking . . . 93
5. How Battles are Won and Lost . . . 121
6. Varieties of Error . . . 138
7. Empirical Chess . . . 165
8. Memory, Experience, and Technique . . . 187
PART TWO: The Chess Mind in Action
. . . Illustrative Games
1. Rubinstein - Capablanca . . . 221
2. Rubinstein - Lasker . . . 224
3. Capablanca - Spielman . . . 226
4. Kashdan - Reshevesky . . . 229
5. Yates - Takacs . . . 231
6. Reshevesky - Botvinnik . . . 234
7. Dake - Reshevesky . . . 235
8. Nimzovitch - Capablanca . . . 238
9. Canal - Capablanca . . . 241
10. Réti - Lasker . . . 245
11. Lasker - Capablanca . . . 248
12. Rauser - Botvinnik . . . 253
13. Botvinnik - Lisitzin . . . 257
14. Pillsbury - Lasker . . . 259
15. Bird - Mason . . . 261
16. Alekhine - Rubinstein . . . 263
17. Tarrasch - Bogoljubov . . . 265
18. Capablanca - Alekhine . . . 266
19. Euwe - Eliskases . . . 268
20. Keres - Eliskases . . . 272
21. Alekhine - Euwe . . . 274
22. Euwe - Alekhine . . . 276
23. Alekhine - Euwe . . . 278
24. Breyer - Esser . . . 280
25. Euwe - Réti . . . 282
26. Anderssen - Kieseritsky . . . 283
27. Morphy - Maurian . . . 283
28. Reshevesky - Beaumont . . . 284
29. Pillsbury - Tchigorin . . . 285
30. Botvinnik - Szabo . . . 286
31. Keres - Kotov . . . 287
32. Zagorowski - Mezhgailis . . . 288
33. Kotov - Geller . . . 289
34. Abrahams - Zuckerman . . . 290
35. Kondratiev - Orlov . . . 293
36. Reshevesky - Bronstein . . . 294
37. Geller - Euwe . . . 298
38. Botvinnik - Bronstein . . . 299
39. Botvinnik - Bronstein . . . 303
40. Geller - Smyslov . . . 307
41. Botvinnik - Smyslov . . . 311
42. Botvinnik - Smyslov . . . 313
43. Botvinnik - Smyslov . . . 318
44. Smyslov - Botvinnik . . . 323
45. Keres - Unzicker . . . 327
46. Keres - Tal . . . 330
47. Byrne - Fischer . . . 332
. . . INDEX . . . 337 Show all ▾ |
| Notes | Published in Penguin Handbooks 1960 Second Edition 1964 |
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