Kotov syndrome

Kotov syndrome

In chess, Kotov syndrome is a phenomenon first described in Alexander Kotov's 1971 book "Think Like a Grandmaster". It occurs when a player thinks very hard for a long time in a complicated position, but does not find a clear path. The player then notices he is running low on time, and so quickly makes a move, often a terrible one that was not analyzed at all, and so loses the game. Once so described, many players have agreed that the process is very common.

"Kotov Syndrome" is the title of a song on the album, Appeal to Reason by the punk rock band Rise Against.

References

*citation | last1=Hooper | first1=David | author1-link=David Vincent Hooper | last2=Whyld | first2=Kenneth | author2-link=Kenneth Whyld | year=1992 | title=The Oxford Companion To Chess | edition=second | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford | isbn=0-19-280049-3 | pages=210


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