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Introduction

Welcome to Chess Psychology: The Will to Win! – a comprehensive chess book designed to give you the tools you need to succeed in chess. This book is intended for beginner and intermediate chess players and covers a diverse range of topics while emphasizing the role of effective psychology in chess. Many players overestimate the importance of factors like how old you are, how long you have been playing, your current rating, your choice of openings, how many positions you can memorize, and the sheer number of game s you can browse in 20 minutes. The real truth to improvement in chess is very simple – identify your long-term objectives and put together a short-term set of goals that will help you consistently get better.

The purpose of this book is not to destroy your current style of play and start building your game again from scratch. This book is designed to help you – the be- ginner or intermediate chess player – organize and evaluate a customized plan for rapid short-term and sustainable long-term improvement.

Chess Psychology: The Will to Win! will teach you to re-evaluate your approach to improvement in chess. With a resounding emphasis on deep understanding over shallow memorization, you will begin to see the big picture on getting better at chess through the eyes of an experienced master. Chess Psychology: The Will to Win! will teach you how to play aggressive ch ess from the very first move, never to stop making threats and actively searchin g for counterplay. After reading this book, your opponents will never have an ‘e asy game’ against you for the rest of your life!

You will learn about the importance of aggressive psychology combined with resilient and stubborn defence. You will learn how to prepare for competitive chess tournaments and how to maximize your focus to achieve your best possible results.

This book will elevate your chess game by applying crucial elements of chess psychology to all phases of the game: opening, middlegame, endgame, tactical, and positional – and is guaranteed to take you to a higher level.
William Stewart, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2013