Secrets of Practical Chess
by John Nunn · first published 2007
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…that situation). Instead, you should force a big risky fight in which your opponent has a substantial chance of losing, if that's possible. Along similar lines, chess grandmaster John Nunn wrote, in Secrets of Practical Chess, that when you are down, you have two basic strategies: "grim defense" and "create confusion". If you are, say, a pawn down, it may still be possible to draw if you make no mistakes; your opponent will…
on “Game theory article from a professional Starcraft player/caster.” ↗…Tisdall in Improve Your Chess Now explains the problem with Kotov best. "I don't think like a tree - do you think like a tree?" I believe John Nunn touched on the problems with Kotov's method as well in Secrets of Practical Chess. The biggest thing to take away from him is the need for a thought process, not necessarily the actual method he describes.
on “How to Think” ↗