Eliot Hearst holds the distinction of defeating Bobby Fischer in the final round of the October 1956 Rosenwald Tournament [4], just three rounds after Fischer had played his "Game of the Century" against Donald Byrne[5]:
Hearst's and John Knott's book on Blindfold chess[8][9] was the winner of the Fred Cramer Award for the Best Chess Book of 2009 [10], sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation, the Chess Journalists of America[11], and the U.S. Chess Trust[12]. A review was published by Hearst's fellow and former Columbia College chess team member Francis Mechner in 2010 [13]. The blindfold champions quoted by Hearst and Knott describe what they do in these terms:
no mental pictures
abstract knowledge
I know where the pieces are
only an abstract type of representation
only relationships
no real picture
the significance of a piece
knowing what combination or plan is in progress
lines of force
pieces are only friend or foe, carriers of particular actions
Eliot Hearst (ed.) (1979). The First century of experimental psychology. L. Erlbaum Associates, amazon.com
Eliot Hearst (1997). William Nathan Schoenfeld (1915–1996): Innovative Scientist, Inspiring Teacher, Relentless Questioner, Complicated Man. Journal of the Experimental Analysis and Behavior, Vol. 67, No. 1, pdf[16]
Christopher Chabris, Eliot Hearst (2003). Mentalizing, Pattern Recognition and Forward Search: Effects of Playing Speed and Sight of the Position on Grandmaster Chess Errors. Cognitive Science, Vol. 27, pp. 637–648.
Eliot Hearst, John Knott (2008). Blindfold Chess: history, psychology, techniques, champions, world records and important games. McFarland & Company, amazon.com[17]
^ Image from Francis Mechner (2010). Chess as a behavioral model for cognitive skill research: Review of Blindfold Chess by Eliot Hearst and John Knott. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Vol. 94, No. 3, pp. 373-386, pdf, (Courtesy of the Columbia University Archives)
^Francis Mechner (2010). Chess as a behavioral model for cognitive skill research: Review of Blindfold Chess by Eliot Hearst and John Knott. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Vol. 94, No. 3, pp. 373-386, pdf
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Eliot Sanford Hearst, (July 7, 1932)
an American psychologist with a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1956 under William N. Schoenfeld, distinguished professor of psychology at Indiana University, Columbia University, and the University of Arizona, chess player and USCF Master, and in the 60s chess columnist at Chess Life. Eliot Hearst won the New York State Championship in 1950 and went on to become one of the best chessplayers in the USA in the 50s, and was participant in the US Championship tournaments in 1954 and 1961 [1]. His 1977 contribution Man and machine: Chess achievements and chess thinking in Peter W. Frey's Chess Skill in Man and Machine [2] evaluates the status of computer chess at that time from the perspective of someone very knowledgeable with the game [3].
Rosenwald Tournament 1956
Eliot Hearst holds the distinction of defeating Bobby Fischer in the final round of the October 1956 Rosenwald Tournament [4], just three rounds after Fischer had played his "Game of the Century" against Donald Byrne [5]:Photos
Columbia College Chess Team
Right to left: James Sherwin, Eliot Hearst, Carl Burger, Francis Mechner [6]
Marshall Chess Club
Blindfold Chess
Hearst's and John Knott's book on Blindfold chess [8] [9] was the winner of the Fred Cramer Award for the Best Chess Book of 2009 [10], sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation, the Chess Journalists of America [11], and the U.S. Chess Trust [12]. A review was published by Hearst's fellow and former Columbia College chess team member Francis Mechner in 2010 [13]. The blindfold champions quoted by Hearst and Knott describe what they do in these terms:Selected Publications
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An Audio Interview With Eliot Hearst
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