Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Quantifying Chess Skill
- 3 Cognition
- 4 Individual Differences
- 5 Psychophysiology and Brain Functioning
- 6 Intelligence
- 7 Personality
- 8 Expertise
- 9 Sex Differences
- 10 Applications
- 11 Concluding Remarks
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Glossary
- References
- Index
2 - Quantifying Chess Skill
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 December 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Quantifying Chess Skill
- 3 Cognition
- 4 Individual Differences
- 5 Psychophysiology and Brain Functioning
- 6 Intelligence
- 7 Personality
- 8 Expertise
- 9 Sex Differences
- 10 Applications
- 11 Concluding Remarks
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
The availability of objective quantitative measures of a player’s chess strength makes chess an optimum field to study individual differences. While several indicators quantify accurately chess skill, the Elo rating system is by far the most popular and worldwide-accepted chess skill indicator. Every chess player participating regularly in rated tournaments holds an Elo rating, a dynamic indicator that depends on the outcomes in the games played within a given time period considering the Elo rating of the opponents. The chapter provides an in-depth description of the Elo chess rating system, while highlighting valid alternatives such as the Universal rating system (URS). The quantitative rating of chess skill has been used in a variety of studies addressing relevant topics in several fields of psychological research, which are summarized within the Appendix 1 of the book.
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- Chess and Individual Differences , pp. 9 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020