Cognitive Chess Improving Visualization and Calculation Skills
Cognitive Chess Improving Visualization and Calculation Skills by Konstantin Chernyshov, published by Russell Enterprises, Incorporated on January 15, 2022, is a comprehensive resource for chess players looking to enhance their skills. This edition, consisting of 312 pages, focuses on the critical abilities of visualization and calculation, which are essential for success in chess. The book presents a structured approach to training, featuring 500 exercises and an additional 250 puzzles designed to challenge players at various skill levels.
Readers will find that the exercises require them to visualize chess positions, evaluate outcomes, and calculate precise continuations, all without the aid of a physical board. The material progresses from easier tasks to more complex challenges, encouraging a disciplined practice routine. This book is particularly beneficial for students and coaches, as it emphasizes the importance of mental calculation and visualization in improving overall gameplay. With its focus on cognitive skills, this work serves as a valuable tool for serious chess enthusiasts aiming to elevate their performance.
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When You Are Serious about Improving…
To improve and succeed, a chessplayer must be able calculate precisely and visualize prospective positions. This is easier said than done. While pondering the next move, a chessplayer frequently keeps “replaying” the same melody in his mind, thus falling into a kind of trance.
This book by Russian grandmaster Konstantin Chernyshov is designed to improve your visualization and calculation skills. With 500 exercises and an additional 250 puzzles, the author provides a vast amount of material to work through for students and coaches of the game. Most exercises require the reader to go through several stages of thought, including visualizing the configuration of the pieces, evaluating the resulting positions, and finally, calculating an accurate continuation.
The regimen suggested by the author will require a disciplined approach by serious chessplayers. The exercises and puzzles start out with easy examples, but they gradually become more difficult. And all are meant to be solved without sight of the board.
As noted by Ian Harris in his foreword:
“Cognitive Chess is designed to train you to visualize the board and correctly calculate sequences in your mind, skills that are essential to problem solving in all phases of the game. Players who train in these areas will certainly see an overall improvement in their game. After all, chess is ultimately a contest between opponents to determine who can “out-calculate” the other.”
Cognitive Chess: When you are serious about taking your game to the next level…
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