best thinking process book for beginners ?

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chessmaster102

Whats a good book which focuses on the thinking process of the player rather than some phase of the game for a beginner. 

SquirmingCoil

http://www.amazon.com/Logical-Chess-Explained-Algebraic-Edition/dp/0713484640/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368260072&sr=8-1&keywords=logical+chess+move+by+move

 

This Book. 

kco

Heard this a good one...

 * The Improving Chess Thinker by Heisman

pdve

one fault of beginning chess players is that they tend to make judgements and decisions based on one or two pieces. i would recommend to them to just pause and pause and take in as much information as possible even if it seems irrelevant and then to make an intuitive judgement. i think that arguing with yourself only hinders this process and verbal thinking should be reduced to a bare minimum.

rigamagician

Andrew Soltis's How to Choose a Chess Move is fairly easy to follow, and contains a decent explanation of Kotov's tree of variations ideas.

PrivatePyle99

Cheaper and in my (low rated) opinion just as good would be to read all the thought process Novice Nook articles by Dan Heisman.  If you still feel after that that you need more info, then look into buying a book.  The articles are here:  http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Articles/subject.htm#Analysis

Good luck.

pdve

well kotov's tree of variations is far from a beginner's thought process. it is for those who already see a lot and want to organize their thought process.

HolyKing

Actually, what a beginner needs is 'The Process Of Decision Making in chess' by Philip Ochman (chess.com username:spochman) . After reading this, and following this, u will never lose a game at your level. I say this from experience. Good luck