"Chess-humanics," a Philosophy of Chess a Sociological Allegory
Author : Wallace E. Nevill
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Page : 248 pages
File Size : 25,87 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Chess
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Author : Wallace E. Nevill
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Page : 248 pages
File Size : 25,87 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Chess
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Author : Gary Alan Fine
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,18 MB
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 022626503X
A chess match seems as solitary an endeavor as there is in sports: two minds, on their own, in fierce opposition. In contrast, Gary Alan Fine argues that chess is a social duet: two players in silent dialogue who always take each other into account in their play. Surrounding that one-on-one contest is a community life that can be nearly as dramatic and intense as the across-the-board confrontation. Fine has spent years immersed in the communities of amateur and professional chess players, and with Players and Pawns he takes readers deep inside them, revealing a complex, brilliant, feisty world of commitment and conflict. Within their community, chess players find both support and challenges, all amid a shared interest in and love of the long-standing traditions of the game, traditions that help chess players build a communal identity. Full of idiosyncratic characters and dramatic gameplay, Players and Pawns is a celebration of the fascinating world of serious chess.
Author : Tim Harding
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 17,77 MB
Release : 2018-04-16
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1476668396
A huge amount was published about chess in the United Kingdom before the First World War. The growing popularity of chess in Victorian Britain was reflected in an increasingly competitive market of books and periodicals aimed at players from beginner to expert. The author combines new information about the early history of the game with advice for researchers into chess history and traces the further development of chess literature well into the 20th century. Topics include today's leading chess libraries and the use of digitized chess texts and research on the Web. Special attention is given to the columns that appeared in newspapers (national and provincial) and magazines from 1813 onwards. These articles, usually weekly, provide a wealth of information on early chess, much of which is not to be found elsewhere. The lengthy first appendix, an A to Z of almost 600 chess columns, constitutes a detailed research aid. Other appendices include corrections and supplements to standard works of reference on chess.
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Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 49,14 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Games & Activities
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Page : 696 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Book collecting
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Page : 516 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 1906
Category : American literature
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A world list of books in the English language.
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Page : 2048 pages
File Size : 33,95 MB
Release : 1906
Category : American literature
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Author : William Bittle Wells
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Page : 688 pages
File Size : 23,80 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Pacific States
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Page : 184 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition
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Page : 2062 pages
File Size : 19,46 MB
Release : 1906
Category : American literature
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