Fernand Gobet
Fernand Gobet (born February 12, 1962 in Romont , Switzerland) is a Swiss chess master and a cognitive scientist . He has held the title of International Master since 1985 . In 1981 he became Swiss junior champion and in 1996 won the Swiss team championship with Geneva. He played at three Chess Olympiads ( 1982 , 1984 and 1988 ). In 1985 in Lucerne he fought for his homeland in the first team world championship when Viktor Korchnoi won a gold medal on the first board.
His Elo rating is 2386 (as of June 2015), but he is listed as inactive because he has not played a rated game since the federal tournament held in Friborg in May 2012 . In July 1983 and January 1989, Gobet achieved his highest rating of 2,415.
He is Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Liverpool University , where he conducts research in the field of expert cognition . Among other topics, he has examined chess psychology and language acquisition in children. He is an expert in modeling cognitive processes and developed the CHREST cognitive architecture .
Works
- F. Gobet: Psychologie du talent et de l'expertise. De Boeck, Paris 2011.
- F. Gobet, P. Chassy, M. Bilalić: Foundations of cognitive psychology. McGraw Hill, New York 2011.
- F. Gobet, A. de Voogt, J. Retschitzki: Moves in mind - The psychology of board games. Psychology Press, Hove, UK 2004.
- A. de Groot , F. Gobet: Perception and memory in chess. Heuristics of the professional eye. Van Gorcum, Assen 1996.
- F. Gobet: Les mémoires d'un joueur d'échecs. Editions Universitaires, Friborg (Switzerland) 1993.
Web links
- Gobets homepage
- Page in the Chess Programming Wiki
- Fernand Gobet at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
- Replayable chess games by Fernand Gobet on 365Chess.com (English)
- CHREST's homepage
- Publications by and about Fernand Gobet in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Fernand Gobet in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 97
- ↑ Gobets Olympic statistics at olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ 1st World Team Chess Championship: Lucerne 1985 - Switzerland (SUI) on OlimpBase (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gobet, Fernand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss psychologist and chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Romont , Switzerland |