Applications of the psychology in the game of chess in real life situations: pins, forks, skewers, gambits, sacrifices, and more. With recent research findings, chess photography, some artwork and poetry.

The hardbound international edition of the book on chess in and for psychotherapy, with eight selected never-before-published case studies with cautions against using the board game without trained, expert help or guidance. The clients' risk-taking behavior, ability to focus and even the state of clarity of thought and paradigm shift, among others, may be diagnosed and to some extent modified through a series of chess games.

Jose Rizal heard about the beauty of Switzerland when he was still in the Philippines as a boy. Then in May of 1887 in Germany, at the age of 25, when the opportunity came for him to travel around Europe with his compatriot-friend Maximo Viola, Rizal did not hesitate to include several weeks in Switzerland in their itinerary. Rizal took account of spending his 26th birthday (June 19) in that country. In fact, Rizal and Viola visited five Swiss cantons: Schaffhausen, Basel, Berne, Lausanne and Geneva in June of that year to learn more about the glorious history of the Swiss people, and find a...