The Self-Improvement of Chess"The Self-Improvement of Chess -- Why the Game's Basics Apply to Daily Living" is a journey into how the world's ultimate brain game is a perfect model for constructing and organizing your everyday life -- from a person who is just an average, recreational player. There are few diagrams and notations to bog down the casual reader. Rather, it is a collection of insights and stories that illustrate a practical perspective of the game. It covers how even just the basic rules and fundamentals of chess can be applied to situations that arise in daily living. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Opening Move | 5 |
The Rules | 7 |
THE PIECES | 8 |
The Pawn | 19 |
The Knight 1 | 29 |
The Bishop | 41 |
The Rook | 53 |
The Transformation | 91 |
The Day I Got Schooled | 95 |
The Center of the Board | 101 |
The Good Positions H | 117 |
The Bad Positions | 133 |
Good Positions Gone Bad | 149 |
Bad Positions Gone Good | 169 |
Endgame | 183 |
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