The Human Side of Chess

By C T

The author's goal in writing this slim book is to break various taboos. The first chapter touches on an uncomfortable issue among chess players: the experiences, and even agonies, that afflict the player during the game, a theme illustrated with some of the author's own games. The second chapter mentions that chess treatises don't look at the biological cause that some play better than others. The author also ventures a program to face emotions not only in defeat, but for the average player to accept his skill level. Finally, chess commentators have avoided talking about the personal tragedies that have led some to seek comfort in chess: tragedies that have devastated the sanity of some masters, grandmasters and even world champions: the theme of the third chapter, which includes a critique of psychiatry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 130070621X
• ISBN13: 9781300706212
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"