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Old July 4th 03, 08:16 AM
Smc080178
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Default The Art of Chess Visualization

I know of three books (although you did not acknowledge others who recommended
books)
The first two have already bee mentioned. The Inner Game of Chess by Soltis
actually addresses one of the things you mentioned in the first chapter. That
you can not visualize the whole board at once. It also has excersizes to help
you improve your vision. I would recommend using the technique in that book,
but doing your own games first since the positions are easier to visualize.

The second is "Practical Chess Analysis"/ That is the book by Buckley. The
first two chapters are "training the mind's eye" and "developing intuition'

The third book I can recommend is probably the one that is best for your
problem and should be read first. It is "Rapid Chess Improvement" and it is one
of the best books I have seen on the subject. It is much more practical and
gives more excersizes while the other are more instructions on how to think.I
dont remeber the author. That is one of the few chess books the local library
has, so I did not buy it.

That reminds me of a 4th book. "Thin Like a Grandmaster" by Alexander Kotov is
another book I have that is very good on the subject, but is not the one I was
thinking of.....I cant seem to find it. It is sad I have so many chess books.
If only I had read them all
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