Associative Thinking: How to Connect Patterns and Creativity in Chess

Author:   Mikhail Shereshevsky
Publisher:   New in Chess
ISBN:  

9789083431352


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 May 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Associative Thinking: How to Connect Patterns and Creativity in Chess


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This new book by Mikhail Shereshevsky, one of the most respected chess trainers in the world, is about a very important but little-explored topic: associative thinking. How can a modern chess student avoid drowning in the flood of information? The answer is to stop mechanically memorizing moves and turn on your curiosity. Try to create a vivid image of the technique you are studying and remember it as an association!During a game of chess, we have associations all the time. We are not talking about specific pawn structures, but about more abstract things. What is the best interaction between knight and pawn? Where should the rook be placed - behind the passed pawn or to the side? On which squares should you place your pawns when you have a bishop against a knight? Generations of chess players before us have answered these and similar questions. Shereshevsky clearly shows that studying the games of great chess players will help you to improve your associative thinking, especially when the comments come from the players themselves. The author pays special attention to such outstanding grandmasters as Ulf Andersson, Anatoly Karpov, Vladimir Kramnik, and Magnus Carlsen.As with all of Shereshevsky's books, this manual offers supreme examples of chess training excellence. Studying this book will improve your understanding of chess enormously and help you on your way to chess mastery.

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Author:   Mikhail Shereshevsky
Publisher:   New in Chess
Imprint:   New in Chess
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.676kg
ISBN:  

9789083431352


ISBN 10:   9083431355
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 May 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

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Mikhail Shereshevsky (1950) is one of the most respected chess trainers and writers in the world. In 2018, he published the best-selling The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess. His magnum opus, Endgame Strategy, is a must-read for ambitious players. It's been hailed by superstars like Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen as their formative guide to handling the endgame.

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