Chess. From self -control to victory. Chess through the eyes of a doctor and psychologist

In the book of Professor Vaizman N.P. For the first time in popular science form, the problems of medical and psychological control in chess sports are justified. The altered states of consciousness leading to the loss of seemingly won position and party, as well as other paradoxes of the chess game, are described. The maladaptive and neurotic reactions of chess players, vascular disorders, such as the professional pathology of persons of mental labor, are recorded. Electrophysiological studies of the brain during the game, the effect of doping and hypnosis in chess sports are considered. Psychohygienic and psychotherapeutic recommendations are given. Other chess issues from medical and psychological positions are discussed. The book will be interesting not only to qualified chess players, coaches, judges, chess teachers at school, competition organizers, sports doctors and psychologists, but also parents of children involved in chess sports, as well as a wide range of chess fans