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Thought and choice in chess

Adrianus Dingeman de Groot
- 01 Jun 1966 - 
- Vol. 79, Iss: 2, pp 348
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In this article, the authors did an experimental study in 1938, to which famous chessmasters participated (Alekhine, Max Euwe and Flohr), and the results showed that a chessmaster is highly organized and uses methods and strategies to solve his problem of choice.
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What does a chessmaster think when he prepartes his next move? How are his thoughts organized? Which methods and strategies does he use by solving his problem of choice? To answer these questions, the author did an experimental study in 1938, to which famous chessmasters participated (Alekhine, Max Euwe and Flohr). This book is still usefull for everybody who studies cognition and artificial intelligence.

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