Thought and choice in chess / Adriaan D. de Groot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groot, Adrianus Dingeman de.

Series:

Amsterdam Academic Archive

Standardized Title:

Het denken van den schaker. English

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Chess--Psychology.

Chess.

Chess--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2008.

Summary:

What does a chessmaster think when he prepartes his next move? How are his thoughts organized? Which methods and strategies does he use by solving his problem of choice? To answer these questions, the author did an experimental study in 1938, to which famous chessmasters participated (Alekhine, Max Euwe and Flohr). This book is still usefull for everybody who studies cognition and artificial intelligence.

Contents:

Preface; Preface to the second edition; List of tables; Contents; Ch. I: Statement of the problem; Ch. II: Psychological theories of thinking; Ch. III: Method and experimental design; Ch. IV: The external structure of the thought process; Ch. V: Main and Subproblems; Ch. VI: The development of the problem; Ch. VII: The organization and methodology of the thought process; Ch. VIII: Chess talent; Ch. IX: Epilogue 1963; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index of Subjects; Index of Names

Notes:

Translation of Het denken van den schaker.

Includeds bibliography.

ISBN:

1-281-97926-0

9786611979263

90-485-0191-1

OCLC:

704257888