Dynamics of Chess Psychology

Table of Contents

007 Preface

010 - 1. Philosophical Foundations

030 - 2. The Importance of Aesthetics

030 - I. PRE-HISTORY (600-1821), First Steps

039 - 3. The Embryo Chess, A Family Tree

048 - 4. The Spanish School, The Existential Combinative Understanding

052 - 5. The Italian School, Toward a Continuity of Style

057 - 6. Philidor, Pawn Play and Order

062 - II. THE ROMANTICS (1821-1859), The Development of Natural Talent

062 - 7. Bourdonnais, The Existential Attacking Unit

066 - 8. Staunton, Existential Vulnerability

071 - 9. Anderssen, Antagonism

076 - 10. Morphy, The Global Existential Understanding

081 - III. THE CLASSICAL AERA (1859-1927), Chess as Science

081 - 11. Paulsen, Inertial Mass

087 - 12. Steinitz, Strategic Masking

093 - 13. Tarrasch, Idealism

100 - 14. Tchigorin, Skepticism

105 - 15. Lasker, Recognition

111 - 16. Rubinstein, Integration

117 - 17. Capablanca, The Fully-Integrated Existential Understanding

125 - IV. THE MODERN GAME (1927-1957), Individuality and Character

125 - 18. Nimzovich, Responsibility

132 - 19. Alekhine, The Initiative

144 - 20. Botvinnik, Subject/Object Integration

152 - 21. Smyslov, The Modern Grunfeld Defence

156 - 22. Boleslavsky, The Modern Sicilian Defence

161 - 23. Bronstein, The Modern King`s Indian Defence

166 -V. CONTEMPORARY CHESS (1957-), The Individual in Struggle

166 - 24. Tal, The Psychological Sacrifice

170 - 25. Petrosian, Adversarial Responsibility

174 - 26. Korchnoi, Defensive Character

178 - 27. Spassky, The Universal Style

184 - 28. Fischer, Interactive Responsibility

195 - 29. Karpov, Domination

199 - 30. Kasparov, Communal Responsibility

206 - 31. Overview

214 - Appendix 1, On the Rating of Chessplayers

217 - Appendix 2, On Training Existential Understanding