![Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/975/496/1330496975.0.m.jpg)
![Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/975/496/1330496975.0.m.jpg)
Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture
por Gary Alan Fine
- Novo
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Novo
- ISBN 10
- 022626498X
- ISBN 13
- 9780226264981
- Livreiro
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
10 Cópias disponíveis deste vendedor
(Você pode adicionar mais na finalização da compra.)
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
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 community chess clubs, players find themselves part of what Fine terms a "soft community," an open, welcoming space built on their shared commitment to the game. Within that 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 ever-fascinating world of serious chess.
Avaliações
(Entrar ou Criar uma conta primeiro!)
Detalhes
- Livreiro
- The Saint Bookstore
(GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- A9780226264981
- Título
- Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture
- Autor
- Gary Alan Fine
- Formato/Encadernação
- Hardback
- Estado do livro
- Novo
- Quantidade Disponível
- 10
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- ISBN 10
- 022626498X
- ISBN 13
- 9780226264981
- Editorial
- University Of Chicago Press
- Esta edição foi publicada pela primeira vez
- 2015
Termos da venda
The Saint Bookstore
Refunds or Returns: A full refund of the price paid will be given if returned within 30 days in undamaged condition. If the product is faulty, we may send a replacement.
Sobre o Vendedor
The Saint Bookstore
Membro de Biblio desde 2018
Southport, Merseyside
Sobre The Saint Bookstore
The Saint Bookstore specialises in hard to find titles & also offers delivery worldwide for reasonable rates.
Glossário
Alguns termos que podem ser usados ??nesta descrição incluem: