Invisible Chess Moves: Discover Your Blind Spots and Stop Overlooking Simple Wins

Invisible Chess Moves; Contents; Introduction; Part I -- Objective Invisibility; Chapter 1 -- Hard-to-see moves; A -- Quiet moves; B -- Intermediate moves; The desperado; C -- Alignment; D -- For getting the rules; E -- Quiet positions; Chapter 2 -- Geometrically invisible moves; A -- Horizontal effect; B -- Circuit; Rook circuit; Bishop circuit; Queen circuit; C -- Changing wings; D -- Backward moves; E -- Backward knight moves; F -- Pin and self-pin; G -- Geometrical moves; Part II -- Subjective Invisibility; Chapter 3 -- Invisible moves for positional reasons; A -- Pawn structures.;WINNER: ChessCafe.com 2011 Book of the Year!Every chess player knows that some moves are harder to see than others. Why is it that, frequently, uncomplicated wins simply do not enter your mind? Even strong grandmasters suffer from blind spots that obscure some of the best ideas during a game. What is more: often both players fail to see the opportunity that is right in front of their eyes. Neiman and Afek have researched this problem and discovered that there are actually identifiable reasons why your brain discards certain ideas. In this book they clearly explain the psychological, positional.