Grandmaster Preparation - Thinking Inside the Box by Jacob Aagaard (Paperback)

This Grandmaster Preparation: Thinking Inside the Box by Jacob Aagaard is an English-language paperback chess book that closes the respected Grandmaster Preparation series with a sharp focus on practical decision-making at the board.

What this book covers

Rather than concentrating on a single theme, Thinking Inside the Box brings together the key elements of serious chess improvement: calculation, psychology and self-analysis. It reflects Jacob Aagaard’s long-running training philosophy and serves as the sixth and final volume in the series, tying together ideas developed across the earlier books on calculation, positional play, strategy, attack, defence and endgames.

The book looks at topics such as chess psychology, the four types of decisions players make during a game, how to handle simple positions, what calculation really involves, and how to analyse your own games more effectively.

It is aimed at ambitious club players and stronger players who want to improve the way they think during a game and work more productively on their chess.

About the author and the series

Jacob Aagaard is the author of the Grandmaster Preparation series, and Thinking Inside the Box is its concluding volume. Together, the series runs to over 2,000 pages and brings its earlier themes together in a single, practical training resource.

Edition information

• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Page count: 408
• Series: Grandmaster Preparation
• Volume: Sixth and final volume
• ISBN: 978-1-907982-34-7
• Paperback publication date: 17 January 2018
• Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-907982-35-4
• Hardcover publication date: 7 June 2017

Key details

• Product type: paperback chess book
• Author: Jacob Aagaard
• Series: Grandmaster Preparation
• Volume: sixth and final volume
• Subject: practical decision-making, calculation, psychology and self-analysis
• Language: English
• Page count: 408
• ISBN: 978-1-907982-34-7