Article Number
LXGELTLBOCB
Author
The Little Book of Chess Blindness
119 pages, paperback, Caissa Chess Books, 1. edition 2004
Discontinued
We chess players, are all victims of a previously unidentified bacillus (bacilli scachistica) which suddenly and viciously strikes its unsuspecting victim. It is the 'amaurosis scachistica pernicosa' which Dr. Tarrasch diagnosed nearly a hundred years ago; the debilitating illness of chess blindness so frequent nowadays. And in this book the author attempts to find the psychological motive, too, behind it.
The original, Hungarian title, Így sakkoztok ti (This Is How You Play Chess), is connected with an old anecdote:
Soldiers are being taught to shoot at a target under the leadership of a corporal. They are not doing too well. The corporal scolds his recruits angrily, and when one of them misses the mark again, he snatches the gun from his hand, shouting:
Asses! You don´t know anything about shooting! Give me that gun! Look!
He takes aim, and, perkily, shoots. But he misses. He gets confused for a moment, and then snaps at one of the soldiers:
This is how you shoot!
He takes aim again. Another miss. He turns to another soldier:
This is how you shoot!
And so forth. Finally, at the ninth try, he hits the mark. Tapping his chest, he says:
And this is how I shoot!
The original, Hungarian title, Így sakkoztok ti (This Is How You Play Chess), is connected with an old anecdote:
Soldiers are being taught to shoot at a target under the leadership of a corporal. They are not doing too well. The corporal scolds his recruits angrily, and when one of them misses the mark again, he snatches the gun from his hand, shouting:
Asses! You don´t know anything about shooting! Give me that gun! Look!
He takes aim, and, perkily, shoots. But he misses. He gets confused for a moment, and then snaps at one of the soldiers:
This is how you shoot!
He takes aim again. Another miss. He turns to another soldier:
This is how you shoot!
And so forth. Finally, at the ninth try, he hits the mark. Tapping his chest, he says:
And this is how I shoot!
We chess players, are all victims of a previously unidentified bacillus (bacilli scachistica) which suddenly and viciously strikes its unsuspecting victim. It is the 'amaurosis scachistica pernicosa' which Dr. Tarrasch diagnosed nearly a hundred years ago; the debilitating illness of chess blindness so frequent nowadays. And in this book the author attempts to find the psychological motive, too, behind it.
The original, Hungarian title, Így sakkoztok ti (This Is How You Play Chess), is connected with an old anecdote:
Soldiers are being taught to shoot at a target under the leadership of a corporal. They are not doing too well. The corporal scolds his recruits angrily, and when one of them misses the mark again, he snatches the gun from his hand, shouting:
Asses! You don´t know anything about shooting! Give me that gun! Look!
He takes aim, and, perkily, shoots. But he misses. He gets confused for a moment, and then snaps at one of the soldiers:
This is how you shoot!
He takes aim again. Another miss. He turns to another soldier:
This is how you shoot!
And so forth. Finally, at the ninth try, he hits the mark. Tapping his chest, he says:
And this is how I shoot!
The original, Hungarian title, Így sakkoztok ti (This Is How You Play Chess), is connected with an old anecdote:
Soldiers are being taught to shoot at a target under the leadership of a corporal. They are not doing too well. The corporal scolds his recruits angrily, and when one of them misses the mark again, he snatches the gun from his hand, shouting:
Asses! You don´t know anything about shooting! Give me that gun! Look!
He takes aim, and, perkily, shoots. But he misses. He gets confused for a moment, and then snaps at one of the soldiers:
This is how you shoot!
He takes aim again. Another miss. He turns to another soldier:
This is how you shoot!
And so forth. Finally, at the ninth try, he hits the mark. Tapping his chest, he says:
And this is how I shoot!
| Weight | 150 g |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Caissa Chess Books |
| Width | 14.3 cm |
| Height | 19.7 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2004 |
| Author | Emil Gelenczei |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pages | 119 |
| Binding | paperback |
006 I. Simple Chess Blindness
012 II. Mutual, Regulär and Infectious Chess Blindness
027 III. Missed Opportunities
047 IV. Too Early to Resign
053 V. Queen Sacrifices and Winning Queens
064 VI. The Victorious Knight
063 VII The Double Threat
071 VIII. The Back Rank Weakness
077 IX. The Pin
081 X. Open Lines
084 XI. The Long Diagonal
088 XII. The Trap
099 XIII. The Endgame
115 Index of Players
012 II. Mutual, Regulär and Infectious Chess Blindness
027 III. Missed Opportunities
047 IV. Too Early to Resign
053 V. Queen Sacrifices and Winning Queens
064 VI. The Victorious Knight
063 VII The Double Threat
071 VIII. The Back Rank Weakness
077 IX. The Pin
081 X. Open Lines
084 XI. The Long Diagonal
088 XII. The Trap
099 XIII. The Endgame
115 Index of Players