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Andrew Soltis
THE
INNER GAME
OF CHESS
© 1994, 2014 Andrew Soltis
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Publisher: Mongoose Press
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Newton Highlands, MA 02461
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eISBN 978-1-936277-61-2
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Editor: Jorge Amador
Technical Advisor: IM Grigory Bogdanovich
Layout: Andrey Elkov
Cover Design: Al Dianov
Printed in the United States of America
Revised edition
0987654321
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1.
What Calculation Is – and Isn’t
The Myth of the Long Variations
“Positional Players Don’t Calculate”
“Calculation Means Finding Mates and Sacrifices”
The Joys of Calculating
Learning to Visualize
CHAPTER 2.
Ideas
Master vs. Novice
Looking for the Weakness
Patterns
Hints
CHAPTER 3.
Trees and How to Build Them
A Family of Ideas
Candidate Moves
The Tree of Analysis
How Chessplayers Really Think
CHAPTER 4.
Force
Let the Force…
Force vs. Speed, Force vs. Force
Opening a Pandora’s Box
The Limits of Force
Force in Action
CHAPTER 5.
Counting Out
The Bottom Line
First Step: Count the Pieces
What Is Compensation?
Is it Over?
Move Order
Serendipity and Sequence
Orders and Options
Bailout
Calculating in Stages
CHAPTER 6.
Choice
Tactical vs. Technical vs. Positional
Defensive Choice
CHAPTER 7.
Monkey Wrenches
Assumption
Advanced Assumption
Quiet Move
Destruction of the Guard
Zwischenzug
Attack-Defense
Desperado
CHAPTER 8.
Oversights
Simple Visual Oversights
Retreats
Line Blocks
Unveiled Attacks
The Retained Image
Optical Illusions
It’s a Big Board
CHAPTER 9.
Rechecking
Walkthrough
Where Are the Pieces?
Remember to Remember
Ghosts
Lasker’s Law
Improving the Breed
Achilles’ Heel
CHAPTER 10.
The Practical Calculator
When You Must Calculate
Getting Fancy
Beware Understandable Moves
Believing Him
Summing Up

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