Imagination in Chess How to Think Creatively and|Avoid Foolish = Paata GaprindashviliImagination in Chess How to think creatively and avoid foolish mistakes Paata Gaprindashvili BATSFORDFirst published in 2004, reprinted in 2005 © Paata Gaprindashvili The right of Pata Gaprindashvili to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. ISBN 07134 8891 3 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission from the publisher. Printed in Great Britain by Creative Print and Design (Wales), Ebbw Vale for the publishers BT. Batsford Ltd, The Chrysalis Building Bramley Road, London, WI0 6SP www. chrysalisbooks.co.uk Distributed in the United States and Canada by Sterling Publishing Co., 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, USA An imprint of chrysail€ Books Group ple A BATSFORD CHESS BOOK AnRwune Contents Foreword Progressive Thinking Reciprocal Thinking Reciprocal Thinking - Logic Reciprocal Thinking — Auxiliary Idea Mental Agility Mental Agility — Reciprocal Thinking — Auxiliary Idea Imagination Solutions to Exercises Index of Players 40 56 87 103 109 131 152 275