Grandmaster Preparation - Thinking Inside the Box
GM Preparation
Published on 17. January 2018
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-1-907982-35-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Thinking Inside the Box Jacob Aagaard describes his chess improvement philosophy, developed over more than twenty years of thinking about one question: How do we make better decisions at the chess board?
As the final volume in the award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, this book unifies the concepts of the previous five books and delves into such topics as:
Chess psychology
The four types of decisions we take at the board
How to play simple positions
What is calculation?
How to analyse your games and many more
Thinking Inside the Box is the ultimate self-improvement guide, written for amateurs as well as world-class players.
As the final volume in the award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series, this book unifies the concepts of the previous five books and delves into such topics as:
Chess psychology
The four types of decisions we take at the board
How to play simple positions
What is calculation?
How to analyse your games and many more
Thinking Inside the Box is the ultimate self-improvement guide, written for amateurs as well as world-class players.
Reviews / Votes
"An amazing book." -- GM Vidit Gujrathi, ChessBase India "Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard is one of the world's premier chess writers and trainers and Grand Master Preparation: Thinking Inside the Box is the sixth and final volume in his self-improvement series of over 2000 pages that is without equal.The contents of previous books in the series (Calculation, Positional Play, Strategic Play, Attack and Defense and Endgame Play) were largely explained by their titles, but Thinking Inside the Box, arguably the best of the bunch, covers a wider variety of topics... Highly Recommended." -- IM John Donaldson "With his latest work, "Thinking Inside The Box", Jacob Aagaard closes the Grandmaster Preparation series and links the predecessors in a very entertaining way, while also introducing new facets. It reminded me of the Scottish tradition of entertaining authors, such as Paul Motwani and Jonathan Rowson, who knew how to entertain in a very personal way, but also gave a lot of chess knowledge.
The level is not too high and every chess friend can take something from the book... For me this is a very strong book." -- IM Dirk Schuh "Thinking Inside the Box is an immensely rich book...
Very few chess books have stuck with me the way that Thinking Inside the Box has. I think it is Aagaard's finest work, filled with useful insights, and I find myself reflecting on it frequently as I play and study." -- John Hartmann, Chess Life "The Grandmaster Preparation series previously included five parts on Calculation, Positional Play, Strategic Play, Attack and Defence and Endgame Play. The apotheosis is now published: Thinking Inside the Box. Anyone who takes the trouble to read more than 400 pages, from whatever level, will encounter topics that he or she may never have thought about." -- Bab Wilders, Nederlands Dagblad
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
712 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-907982-35-4 (9781907982354)
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Person
Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard is the most talented chess writer of his generation. He won the British Championship in 2007, but is mostly known for his multi-award-winning books and his work with students who have won club, state, national, continental and world championships, as well as Olympiad individual golds and team golds, the World Cup and Candidates tournament.