Dr. Fine, both a pyschoanalyst and a great chess player of the 20th century, analyzes what sets chess champions apart.

Do you need to be a genius to be good at chess? What does it take to become a Grandmaster? Can computer programmes beat human intuition in gameplay? The Psychology of Chess is an insightful overview of the roles of intelligence, expertise, and human intuition in playing this complex and ancient game. The book explores the idea of ‘practice makes perfect’, alongside accounts of why men perform better than women in international rankings, and why chess has become synonymous with extreme intelligence as well as madness. When artificial intelligence researchers are increasingly studying chess to develop machine learning, The Psychology of Chess shows us how much it has already taught us about the human mind.

Examines the psychological motivation of chess players and discusses the role of subjective and irrational considerations in influencing a chess player's decisions

Outlines the development of psychological principles used by chess champions to defeat their opponents and discusses how to use phychological factors to win at chess

A comprehensive analysis of chess players' cognition which introduces and reanalyses a number of classic psychological concepts such as apperception and restructuring.

By studying the psychology of chess, players at all levee will learn how to maximize their chess strengths.