Chess Story


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Chess Story


Chess Story
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Author : Stefan Zweig
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2011-12-07

Chess Story written by Stefan Zweig and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-07 with Fiction categories.


Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig’s final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig’s story. This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work’s unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.



The Chess Team A Novel


The Chess Team A Novel
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Author : James H. Sawaski
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2005-03-10

The Chess Team A Novel written by James H. Sawaski and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-10 with Juvenile Fiction categories.


Jim Berzchak has a gift. His capabilities in the game of chess are remarkable and his brain works at levels most people only dream about. However, a horrific blunder while playing at the high school state tournament costs his Escanaba Eskimos the team championship. Depressed, he slips into a world of solitude. His life stalls and although he studies chess aggressively and enhances his skills, other aspects to his well being become reclusive. 15 years later a group of high school students coax Jim into reopening the defunct chess program. Through the kids, he finds he has an even better gift, the ability to teach the game and make it exciting. "The Eskychess Express is back on track!" or so it seems. Issues abound with their newfound success. Personal problems infect the team. Opponents take notice and hone their skills to incomprehensible levels. The pressure of competition makes Jim feel like collapsing. Can he get his life in order and lead his Eskimos over the second place hump? Or will they end up like him, devastated in life because they pinned too many hopes on winning a state championship title?



Chess


Chess
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Author : Robert Frederick Foster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-05-02

Chess written by Robert Frederick Foster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-02 with categories.




The Chess Mysteries Of Sherlock Holmes


The Chess Mysteries Of Sherlock Holmes
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Author : Raymond M. Smullyan
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012

The Chess Mysteries Of Sherlock Holmes written by Raymond M. Smullyan and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Mathematics categories.


Join Holmes and Watson as they examine interrupted games to deduce prior moves. A series of increasingly complex chess mysteries culminates in a double murder perpetrated by Professor Moriarty. The master sleuth instructs his companion (and us) in the intricacies of retrograde analysis; readers need only a knowledge of how the pieces move.



The Eight


The Eight
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Author : Katherine Neville
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2015-07-21

The Eight written by Katherine Neville and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-21 with Fiction categories.


The “fascinating” #1 international bestseller of a quest across centuries by two intrepid women to reunite the pieces of a powerful, ancient chess set (Los Angeles Times Book Review). A fabulous, bejeweled chess set that belonged to Charlemagne has been buried in a Pyrenees abbey for a thousand years. As the bloody French Revolution rages in Paris, the nuns dig it up and scatter its pieces across the globe because, when united, the set contains a secret power that could topple civilizations. To keep the set from falling into the wrong hands, two novices, Valentine and Mireille, embark on an adventure that begins in the streets of Paris and leads to Russia, Egypt, Corsica, and into the heart of the Algerian Sahara. Two hundred years later, while on assignment in Algeria, computer expert Catherine Velis finds herself drawn unwillingly into the deadly “Game” still swirling around the legendary chess set—a game that will require her to risk her life and match wits with diabolical forces. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Katherine Neville including rare images from her life and travels.



Chess Queens


Chess Queens
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Author : Jennifer Shahade
language : en
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Release Date : 2022-03-03

Chess Queens written by Jennifer Shahade and has been published by Hodder & Stoughton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-03 with Games & Activities categories.


'Like The Queen's Gambit, this isn't really about chess, but power' Sunday Times What does it take to make it to the top of your game? As a chess champion, Jennifer Shahade has travelled the world playing major tournaments. At the top, she finds rivalry and friendship; sexism and feminism; ecstatic highs and excruciating losses. Chess Queens invites us behind the scenes of this ultra male-dominated sport. We meet today's elite, as well as the pioneering female players in history who fought against the odds to get to the top. An essential guide for all aspiring chess queens, Jennifer's story reveals what it takes to break through the glass ceiling. 'Jennifer Shahade is a brilliant, insightful thinker who never fails to entertain and engage' Maria Konnikova 'An astoundingly intimate, thoughtful and inspirational book by a person who has seen it all from the inside' Angela Saini



The Story Of A Chess Player


The Story Of A Chess Player
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Author : Jaan Ehlvest
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-12-30

The Story Of A Chess Player written by Jaan Ehlvest and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-30 with Games categories.




The Post Office Girl


The Post Office Girl
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Author : Stefan Zweig
language : en
Publisher: Sort of Books
Release Date : 2011-08-18

The Post Office Girl written by Stefan Zweig and has been published by Sort of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-18 with Fiction categories.


It's the 1930s. Christine, a young Austrian woman whose family has been impoverished by the war, toils away in a provincial post office. Out of the blue, a telegram arrives from an American aunt she's never known, inviting her to spend two weeks in a Grand Hotel in a fashionable Swiss resort. She accepts and is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth and unleashed desire, where she allows herself to be utterly transformed. Then, just as abruptly, her aunt cuts her loose and she has to return to the post office, where - yes - nothing will ever be the same.



The Queen S Gambit


The Queen S Gambit
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Author : Walter Tevis
language : en
Publisher: Rosetta Books
Release Date : 2014-09-29

The Queen S Gambit written by Walter Tevis and has been published by Rosetta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-29 with Fiction categories.


Netflix’s most watched limited series to date! The thrilling novel of one young woman’s journey through the worlds of chess and drug addiction.​ When eight-year-old Beth Harmon’s parents are killed in an automobile accident, she’s placed in an orphanage in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Plain and shy, Beth learns to play chess from the janitor in the basement and discovers she is a prodigy. Though penniless, she is desperate to learn more—and steals a chess magazine and enough money to enter a tournament. Beth also steals some of her foster mother’s tranquilizers to which she is becoming addicted. At thirteen, Beth wins the chess tournament. By the age of sixteen she is competing in the US Open Championship and, like Fast Eddie in The Hustler, she hates to lose. By eighteen she is the US champion—and Russia awaits . . . Fast-paced and elegantly written, The Queen’s Gambit is a thriller masquerading as a chess novel—one that’s sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. “The Queen’s Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years—for the pure pleasure and skill of it.” —Michael Ondaatje, Man Booker Prize–winning author of The English Patient



Logical Chess


Logical Chess
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Author : Irving Chernev
language : en
Publisher: Touchstone
Release Date : 1971-06-15

Logical Chess written by Irving Chernev and has been published by Touchstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971-06-15 with Games & Activities categories.


From Simon & Schuster, Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained is Irving Chernev guide to beginners chess and the basic moves for every player to improve. In this much loved classic, Irving Chernev explains 33 complete games in detail, telling the reader the reason for every single move. Playing through these games and explanations gives a real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.