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Before you is the tournament book of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021. Theevent that has been won in sensational fashion by the young Dutch grandmasterJorden van Foreest. In a tiebreak in the third blitz game, he was just a bit faster ofhis compatriot Anish Giri. The barrage was necessary because both players verysurprisingly ended with the wonderful score of 8½ out of 13 in joint first place. Withthis they had left behind, among others, World Champion Magnus Carlsen (7½) andthe number two in the world, Fabiano Caruana (8). An unprecedented achievement, because the tournament in Wijk aan Zee is sometimes called the "Wimbledon of chess" of the elite tournaments. After the last round, in which Van Foreest in a formidable way had left the Swede Nils Grandelius chanceless, it was waitingfor the game between the Spaniard David Antón Guijarra and Anish Giri. Ourcompatriot was in a bad position, lost perhaps, but he managed to free himself fromthe tangled position and gain an important half point. It was decided beforehandthat a tiebreak would be held, consisting of at least two blitz games. Should theseresult in a 1-1 score, an Armageddon game would be played. This turned out to bea nervous and blood-curdling fight, with the pieces flying around. In the end theyounger OF the two, Jorden van Foreest, emerged victorious and thus the youngGroninger booked the greatest success of his still young career. Apart from thecommotion in the Dutch seaside resort of Wijk aan Zee, where the tournament washeld – under strict corona rules – the whole of the Netherlands rose to its feet whenthis great result became known. Hadn't we had to wait since 1985, when JanTimman won the Hoogovens chess tournament, for a Dutch chess player to standon the highest podium? And now it was even two players from this country whocould dispute together who would take the highest honor

Dr. Fernandez is filling in the gaps that were left by Hans H. Selye during his life-time work in the field of stress. Fernandez is formulating a straight forward definition of physiological stress; something that Selye only reported as a delay in the appearance of a syndrome he discovered by chance. In this book, the author makes a distinction between mechanical, physiological, and psychological stress and at the same time describes stress in general, as a condition depending on the interaction between two opposite components. What makes the difference among the three forms of stress is the nature of the two components involved in the condition of stress. In mechanical stress, the two components in conflict are; intrinsic forces maintaining the form of inert matter in the solid state vs external forces disorganizing inert matter. In psychological stress, humans responding to the external environment vs inhibition of those responses. In physiolgical stress; living organizations reacting to maintain the constancy of the internal environment vs inhibition of those reactions. After examining stress, as described in this book, readers will have a broader perspective to understand what stress is, and even elaborate some additional conclusions on their own about different aspects of human knowledge where stress is an essential part such as psychology, sociology, antropology, evolution, and religion, to name a few.