"Champion Psychology" by GM Igor Smirnov

I am interested in this book because the guy actually has a degree in psychology, and may know what he's talking about.  However, the book is not sold on amazon, so I am having some difficult finding the quantity and quality of reviews that I'd like.  Has anyone read the book or have links to reviews that hold weight?  Thoughts, opinions, etc.?

Yeah Psych your opponent out with Psyops... you will win every game against any GM...yeah right..! It has not worked for Smirnov has it.? He would easily be World Champion if this truly worked..! Fischer once said of this mumbo jumbo..... I only believe in good moves.! You can sure irritate your opponent by picking your nose & putting them boogers on a chess piece though.

Copy paste of two opinions from the ChessPub forum from IMO reliable people :

His latest book "Champion Psychology" is just bad in my opinion.

First note: Smirnov has a master in Psychology. From where? I found nothing at his web page and nothing after a Google research. If you have a master from a university usually you state that university, while SMirnov doesn't even state where and when he got his psychology diploma first.

Second note: he reffers to statistics and several other garbadge as "truths". When you do this, and you have an academic experience, please cite the relevant sources so that everyone else can take you seriously.

Third note: 29 USD for 112 pages (which are essentially less than 100) with big letters where you get much much much more for psychology and practical chess by getting any book by Rowson (10-times more content, much mower prize) or "Secrets of Practical Chess" by Nunn.

Fourth note: Teaches about "practice over theory" when he gives only 8 chess examples (!!!) consisting of "one-move desicions" in a 112 pages book where he touches lots of practical issues? Come on...

Very very very bad opinion about Smirnov from me and not only from this product. Also i think, lots of people who are "impressed" have never read a proper positional chess book, say Dvoretsky, Yusupov, Aagaard, Silman as mentioned, Seirawan (Winning Chess Strategies comes to ind for beginners) or even Pachman and/or Euwe. It is the same old thing about paying too much about something, expecting too much about something and then simply refusing to see the reality.... (Nikolaos Ntirlis, co-author of Play the French)

All four of your points are very well taken; they are all very reasonable remarks and I judge that they are on the side of truth.  Also, thanks for this review.  I hadn't seen this one.

I think Krogius' book,"psychology in chess" is a worthy book on this subject.

Thank you for the suggestion.

How to Think in Chess is overly technical in places but there are some great exercises in it if nothing else. 

That's an interesting title.  I perused the contents, and there is a section on psychology, but I am not sure the whole is what I am looking for, so far as psychology goes.  I am intrigued by this title, nonetheless.  Thanks.

There's also Psychology in chess by Avni, who is both an IM and a certified psychologist. If I remember correctly, Aagaard's Chess Excellence has a good chapter on psychology as well. Both draw from sports psychology, which has an abundant literature.

Ah, I didn't know Avni did psychology.  That's helpful.  I have a list of titles (his is among them), but I was unaware of his credential/professional experience.  Thanks for pointing this out.