[Free read ebook] The Immortal Game: A History of Chess
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| #317708 in Books | David Shenk | 2007-10-02 | 2007-10-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.99 x.71 x5.17l,.73 | File Name: 1400034086 | 352 pages | The Immortal Game A History of Chess
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Readable and Entertaining|By Kindle Customer|Does a good job of wrapping entertaining trivia about chess around a well annotated move by move play out of the well known immortal game of Andersen. The majority of early chess - history is from Murray's History of chess. This is not a book about the history of chess play or technique, or about famous chess players per say. There|From Publishers Weekly|Those curious about chess and wishing to learn more about the game (but not too much more) will welcome this accessible, nontechnical introduction. Shenk (The Forgetting) succinctly surveys the game's history from its origins in fi
A fresh, engaging look at how 32 carved pieces on a board forever changed our understanding of war, art, science, and the human brain.
Chess is the most enduring and universal game in history. Here, bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London in 1851 between two ma...
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