Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture Tapa dura - 2015

University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

University of Chicago Press, 2015-08-06. Hardcover. Used: Good.

University of Chicago Press, 2015-08-28. Hardcover. Like New. 2.5381 cent in x 22.8426 cent in x 15.9898 cent in.

University of Chicago Press, 2015-08-06. Hardcover. New.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2015. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 9.00x6.50x1.00 inches.

Hardback. New. 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. Opening with a close look at a typical tournament in Atlantic City, Fine carries us from planning and setup through the climactic final day's match-ups between the weekend's top players, introducing us along the way to countless players and their relationships to the game. At tournaments like that one, as well as in locales as diverse as collegiate matches and… Leer más

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