Thought and Choice in Chess

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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1
B The object of this study
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METHOD AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
22
PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF THINKING
33
Mastership
60
the perception of a new position
61
Specific traits of chess thinking
62
The method of progressive deepening and the scrapping of a possibility
266
The elaborative phases and their sequence
274
B The methods of chess thinking
280
Methods peculiar to specific parts of the thought process
287
Trying out as a general method
293
the arsenal of the chess master
296
Knowledge and Experience
305
Individual differences in the system of methods
313

The character of game and player
63
Factors of chess talent
65
B Protocol statistics
116
MAIN AND SUBPROBLEMS A The systematic analysis of the problem structure
131
Problem and goalsetting
140
The general problem structure of the process of chess thought
142
B Typical subproblems in the thought process
149
Goals and problem formulations in the main part in the investigation of possibilities
157
Reinvestigation of specific possibilities
169
The convergence to and the recapitulation of the argument final Phase
174
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROBLEM 44 The solution process as development of the problem
182
Problem formation during the first Phase
189
The completion and enrichment of the total goal conception after the first Phase
202
Structural transformations in the argumentation
218
Transitional phases as phases of problem transformation
227
Types and examples of problem development
239
THE ORGANIZATION AND METHODOLOGY OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS A The sequence of phases
254
The hierarchy of subsidiary methods
262
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Extracurricular achievements of chessmasters 356
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EPILOGUE 1963
371
On introspective techniques
377
Ambiguity and multifunctional operations
385
Remarks on chess playing programs
396
THE GAMES FROM WHICH POSITIONS A B AND C WERE TAKEN
407
COLLECTION OF PROTOCOLS
409
BIBLIOGRAPHY A Chess literature
441
B Psychological literature
442
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
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INDEX OF NAMES
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គឺ 377
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