ADRIAAN DE GROOT: MARRIAGE OF TWO PASSIONS

Article type: Other

Authors: Gobet, Fernand¹

Affiliations: Uxbridge, UK

Note: [1] School of Social Sciences, Brunei University, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom. E-mail: fernand.gobet@brunel.ac.uk.

Abstract: In this contribution, which is a tribute to Adriaan de Groot in relation to his recent passing away, I would like to introduce the reader to his remarkable personality and to present the main tenets of his psychology of chess skill. I shall start by giving an overview of his chess and academic life. Then, basing my account on his seminal thesis and on more recent empirical and theoretical work, I shall focus on his contributions to chess psychology.

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2006-29421

Journal: ICGA Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 236-243, 2006