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Download or read book Mad Queen's Chess written by Joe Sweeney and published by Writer AKA Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspector from New Scotland Yard's is assigned to Kolkata to assist the local police in solving a number of cases oddly connected by a common theme: the game of chess. Members of an underground society, identified only as chess pieces, are subtly influencing powerful members of the British nobility, often using the Checking Piece Courier Service to carry obscure messages. Who are these "chessman" and what is their objective?
Book Synopsis The Mad Queen of Mordra by : Elwy Yost
Download or read book The Mad Queen of Mordra written by Elwy Yost and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Brown experiments with the mysterious substance he has found, and is whisked far into space through a black hole to a strange flat planet, where he becomes embroiled in a deadly game of chess with an evil mad queen.
Download or read book Chess Queens written by Jennifer Shahade and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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
Book Synopsis Birth of the Chess Queen by : Marilyn Yalom
Download or read book Birth of the Chess Queen written by Marilyn Yalom and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Marilyn Yalom has written the rare book that illuminates something that always has been dimly perceived but never articulated, in this case that that the power of the chess queen reflects the evolution of female power in the western world.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer Everyone knows that the queen is the most dominant piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. It wasn't until chess became a popular pastime for European royals during the Middle Ages that the queen was born and was gradually empowered to become the king's fierce warrior and protector. Birth of the Chess Queen examines the five centuries between the chess queen's timid emergence in the early days of the Holy Roman Empire to her elevation during the reign of Isabel of Castile. Marilyn Yalom, inspired by a handful of surviving medieval chess queens, traces their origin and spread from Spain, Italy, and Germany to France, England, Scandinavia, and Russia. In a lively and engaging historical investigation, Yalom draws parallels between the rise of the chess queen and the ascent of female sovereigns in Europe, presenting a layered, fascinating history of medieval courts and internal struggles for power.
Book Synopsis Chess in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age by : Daniel E. O'Sullivan
Download or read book Chess in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age written by Daniel E. O'Sullivan and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The game of chess was wildly popular in the Middle Ages, so much so that it became an important thought paradigm for thinkers and writers who utilized its vocabulary and imagery for commentaries on war, politics, love, and the social order. In this collection of essays, scholars investigate chess texts from numerous traditions – English, French, German, Latin, Persian, Spanish, Swedish, and Catalan – and argue that knowledge of chess is essential to understanding medieval culture. Such knowledge, however, cannot rely on the modern game, for today’s rules were not developed until the late fifteenth century. Only through familiarity with earlier incarnations of the game can one fully appreciate the full import of chess to medieval society. The careful scholarship contained in this volume provides not only insight into the significance of chess in medieval European culture but also opens up avenues of inquiry for future work in this rich field.
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Book Synopsis The Queen's Gambol by : Patricia Cuff
Download or read book The Queen's Gambol written by Patricia Cuff and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chess Queen finally arrived. She was live now, and kickin' up her heels! No matter that her journey covered several continents and arrived 500 years late, she was free to roam the chessboard. Queen Isabella of Spain had gained power; she could wield political authority. She did, and the world was never the same. Isabella set the pace. Black Queens, and white queens became "Mad Queens" as their chess pieces were freed to run amuck across the chessboard, and that changed chess forever. Though they left the starting blocks at the same time, it took about another 600 years for women to acquire the Chess Queen's freedom of movement and choice and that, to this day, isn't everywhere. But the Chess Queen's travails on the board, since she must aggressively confront mostly male opposition, made her resourceful. Her Chess Queen's Gambit became the most popular opening, used in the highest levels of chess. The women's gambit, the carefully considered strategy to enhance Women's Power, works also as we watch women march on and make history happen.
Download or read book Game of Queens written by Sarah Gristwood and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sarah Gristwood has written a masterpiece that effortlessly and enthrallingly interweaves the amazing stories of women who ruled in Europe during the Renaissance period." -- Alison Weir Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile, and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, these women wielded enormous power over their territories, shaping the course of European history for over a century. Across boundaries and generations, these royal women were mothers and daughters, mentors and protées, allies and enemies. For the first time, Europe saw a sisterhood of queens who would not be equaled until modern times. A fascinating group biography and a thrilling political epic, Game of Queens explores the lives of some of the most beloved (and reviled) queens in history.
Book Synopsis It's All a Game by : Tristan Donovan
Download or read book It's All a Game written by Tristan Donovan and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible history and psychology of board games. With these compelling stories and characters, Donovan reveals why board games have captured hearts and minds all over the world for generations.
Book Synopsis Birth of the Chess Queen by : Marilyn Yalom
Download or read book Birth of the Chess Queen written by Marilyn Yalom and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-05-13 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Marilyn Yalom has written the rare book that illuminates something that always has been dimly perceived but never articulated, in this case that that the power of the chess queen reflects the evolution of female power in the western world.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer Everyone knows that the queen is the most dominant piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. It wasn't until chess became a popular pastime for European royals during the Middle Ages that the queen was born and was gradually empowered to become the king's fierce warrior and protector. Birth of the Chess Queen examines the five centuries between the chess queen's timid emergence in the early days of the Holy Roman Empire to her elevation during the reign of Isabel of Castile. Marilyn Yalom, inspired by a handful of surviving medieval chess queens, traces their origin and spread from Spain, Italy, and Germany to France, England, Scandinavia, and Russia. In a lively and engaging historical investigation, Yalom draws parallels between the rise of the chess queen and the ascent of female sovereigns in Europe, presenting a layered, fascinating history of medieval courts and internal struggles for power.
Book Synopsis The Queen's Gambit by : Walter Tevis
Download or read book The Queen's Gambit written by Walter Tevis and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Book Synopsis Saints vs. Scoundrels by : Dr. Benjamin Wiker
Download or read book Saints vs. Scoundrels written by Dr. Benjamin Wiker and published by EWTN Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Saints vs. Scoundrels Dr. Benjamin Wiker invites you to interact not just with the ideas that have shaped history, but with the people who created and spread those ideas. In this collection of lively and imaginative conversations between the great truth-tellers and the great error-peddlers of history, you will come to appreciate the personalities behind the “Great Conversation” that has shaped western civilization. Jean-Jacques Rousseau vs. St. Augustine. Machiavelli vs. St. Francis. Ayn Rand vs. Flannery O’Connor. These people may have never met in real life, but the ideas they represent and the movements they started have interacted throughout history and shaped our present. And so how fascinating would it be if they had ever shared a living room? This is the question Dr. Wiker answers with deep research and dynamic storytelling. Enjoy this unique opportunity to join the conversation!
Book Synopsis Ivory Vikings by : Nancy Marie Brown
Download or read book Ivory Vikings written by Nancy Marie Brown and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. And finally, it brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.
Download or read book Starting Out written by John Emms and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for those wanting to understand the basics of the Queen's Indian. The Queen's Indian is one of Black's most dependable and respected defenses to the queen's pawn opening. It's an established favorite among world-class Grandmasters such as Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Michael Adams and Judit Polgar, not to mention Anatoly Karpov, who has been a loyal Queen's Indian supporter and theory developer for over three decades. Using a hypermodern approach, and endeavors to control this key area with pieces rather than using the classical method with pawns. This procedure leads to rich and complex positions that will appeal to aggressive and positional players alike. In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster and Queen's Indian expert John Emms goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of the Queen's Indian and its numerous variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings to guide the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated. *User-friendly lay out to help readers absorb ideas *Concentrates on the key principles of the Queen's Indian *Ideal for the improving player
Book Synopsis Chess for Beginners by : Craig Medina
Download or read book Chess for Beginners written by Craig Medina and published by The Book Public. This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you searching for a complete, hands-on and interactive guide to help you learn and start playing chess? Perhaps you haven’t ever played any games of chess in the past, but you want to test out your skills and see if you enjoy playing. Or maybe you have attempted to play chess matches before, but you are all too aware that you have a limited amount of knowledge when it comes to the rules and strategies you need to implement to see success. You may even play chess quite regularly, and you are seeking out a refresher on what rules are in place and how you can improve your strategies to help you win more games of chess. The good news is, you have found the right book for you! Chess for Beginners offers you all of the information that you could want or need to know when it comes to the wonderful game that is chess. The amount of detailed and important knowledge that has been put into this book will blow you away, and help you take your chess skills to the next level, leading you to more wins, more strategic thinking, and more fun! Not only will you come away from reading this book with a clearer understanding of how every chess piece and pawn moves in matches, but you will also have further knowledge on the special moves that you can play, such as castling the en passant. Adding these moves into your game will greatly improve your skills and help you counter your opponent's campaigns. And that’s not all, I will also take you through a brief history of the origins of the game, as well as how to read chess annotations. Did you know chess dates back to India, in the 6th century?! Inside Chess for Beginners, you’ll discover: - How to set up your chessboard correctly, and the moves that each piece and pawn can make at any given time - The 4 most important tactics to get better at chess as a beginner - How to read algebraic notations, including the notations for each piece, each square, and each type of move you can make - Ways to become better at predicting how your opponent is going to try and play, and ways to counteract their moves to use them to your advantage - 3 Strategies to plan ahead in games of chess, and how much planning ahead will benefit your game - The 6 common mistakes that chess beginners make when starting out as a player - The silliest mistakes that have ever been made in chess games - And much, much more! If you want to become more skilled and better understand the game of chess, then this is a book that you can’t afford to miss out on. You will come away from reading this book with a completely new range of skills at your disposal, and a much better understanding of how to play the game of chess well. Get your hands on Chess for Beginners today, and begin playing this game of logic at a whole new level, showing off your new skills to your friends along the way.
Book Synopsis Marshall's Best Games of Chess by : Frank J. Marshall
Download or read book Marshall's Best Games of Chess written by Frank J. Marshall and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally entitled "My Fifty Years of Chess", this volume presents an account of the career of Frank J. Marshall, who was a United States Chess Champion between 1909-1936. With autobiographical information and detailed, move-by-move accounts of some of his more notable games, "Marshall's Best Games of Chess" is not to be missed by chess enthusiasts and professional players looking for inspiration and insight. Contents include: "My Chess Career", "The Early Years", "Winning my Spurs", "The Year of Years", "Commuting to Europe", "Championship Years", "Championship Years (continued)", "Retirement Years", "My Best Games", "Winning My Spurs", "The Year of Years (1904-1905)", "Commuting to Europe", "Championship Years (1910-1914)", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.
Book Synopsis A World of Chess by : Jean-Louis Cazaux
Download or read book A World of Chess written by Jean-Louis Cazaux and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 400 illustrations, and detailed maps, this immense and deeply researched account of the history of chess covers not only the modern international game, derived from Persian and Arab roots, but a broad spectrum of variants going back 1500 years, some of which are still played in various parts of the world. The evolution of strategic board games, especially in India, China and Japan, is discussed in detail. Many more recent chess variants (board sizes, new pieces, 3-D, etc.) are fully covered. Instructions for play are provided, with historical context, for every game presented.
