The Unflappable Chess Player: How to Keep Cool Under Pressure and Attack

By Jan Werle

Bad positions come with two types of problems: technical and psychological ones. And they tend to reinforce each other. As every error may lead to immediate disaster, the pressure when making decisions steadily increases. If you are struggling with a nagging disadvantage, coping with anxiety is essential to find the moves that will allow you to fight back. Grandmaster Jan Werle has been studying resilience in chess deeply. Why are some players prone to emotions that paralyze their actions while others keep as cool as a cucumber while turning the tables? After a career of more than 30 years Werle is ready to shares his insights. In The Unflappable Chess Player the author presents powerful practices based on the latest psychological findings that will help every chess player to handle psychological pressure better and improve their decision making. He also lays out the various defensive techniques and strategies that you need, such as calculating efficiently, avoiding attractive but inaccurate defences, waiting strategies, active defence, eliminating positional disadvantages, defensive intuition, and the creation of counterplay. This book is full of tips and strategies to overcome setbacks, handle stress and wriggle free from pressure. An essential addition to your chess toolkit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9056918710
• ISBN13: 9789056918712
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: New in Chess
• Length: 304 Pages