Schweitzer: Mental Thoughness in Chess

Autor: Schweitzer, Werner
Verlag: New in Chess
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Sprache: Englisch
Buchumschlag: paperback
Seiten: 137

Practical Tips to Strengthen Your Mindset at the Board

Your performance at the board does not only depend on your pure chess skills. Being a winner also requires a mindset that is able to cope with lots of stress and setbacks during hours of uninterrupted concentration.

Just like technical chess skills, mental toughness can be trained. There are simple steps you can take that will help you to better realize your potential. Professional mental coach and chess player Werner Schweitzer has been working with chess teams and individual players for many years.

In this book Schweitzer presents practical tips and tools that will help you to improve your mental power during a game. You will learn how to:
-- increase your concentration and stamina
-- recognize your own strengths and weaknesses
-- cope with losses as well as victories
-- increase your self-discipline when studying
-- handle disturbing thoughts and feelings during a game
-- boost your self-confidence
-- avoid underestimating (and overestimating!) your opponent
-- make better decisions while under pressure
and other mental skills.

These lessons and simple mental workouts will help players of all levels to unlock the full power of their brain and win more games.

Werner Schweitzer graduated as a mental coach at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He knows from experience which mental factors have impact on a chess player’s performance. Schweitzer has been coaching players and teams for many years.

“The focus is on offering simple advice and encouragement in a variety of practical situations. It rang true in reminding me of some typical scenarios and problems that I had encountered in my games. I felt it was a useful refresher ahead of my next competitive outing.” -- Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, co-author of ‘Game Changer’

“The Austrian coach has studied mental strength and in this work, which will surely prove popular, addresses such issues as how to increase your concentration, how to handle disturbing thoughts and feelings during a game and how to increase your self-confidence.” -- CHESS Magazine

“Mental Toughness in Chess lays out a ‘how to’ guide to improve your performance at chess. The main premise of this chess guide is that chess toughness can be trained. The author delivers the content in a direct and concise way. The book is small in size, flows well, and its contents are actionable. Mental Toughness in Chess is a one of a kind chess book!” -- Miguel Ararat, Florida Chess News

“I don’t think it’s a problem to read several tips in relatively quick succession, because the material is nicely coherent. The book seems written for the average chess player who wishes to put a stop to typical mistakes he or she often makes. The author underlines that mental power is something you can train, just like other chess skills, and to be patient while doing that.” -- Bram Klapwijk, Schaaksite

“A useful mental toolbox. Chess players are exceptionally nervous, before and during a game. A certain tension is good, it increases our attention and helps us to focus, but too much tension blocks the cooperation of the two halves of our brain. This and much more in covered in this well written mindfulness tool box! Highly recommended! Also for trainings sessions.” -- Elburg Chess Reviews

“This little volume covers an important but rather neglected part of the game. We find topics such as knowing yourself, fear, decision making, tension, concentration, luck, fighting spirit and confidence, in other words pretty much everything that might go through a player’s mind – for good or ill – before, during and after a game. The author doesn’t do the work for you, but provides plenty of tips and advice. It is well produced with key paragraphs, clear text and illustrations. The book is a quick read (no moves or diagrams), but not a quick fix. You could easily get through it in one sitting, but the issues raised demand much more time, thought and dedication. You will truly get out of it what you put into it.” -- Ian Marks, Chess Scotland

128 Seiten, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2020

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