| Description |
1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; 1. Blitzkrieg Bop; 2. Notes on a Swindle; 3. Psych-Out; 4. Sveshnikov Intrigues; 5. Son of Sorrow; 6. Ambivalence; 7. Cyberchess; 8. 24/7 on the ICC; Endgame; Appendix 1. Note on Chess Annotation; Appendix 2. "Life is touch-move"; Notes; Glossary; Acknowledgments; Index. |
| Summary |
"Chess gets a hold of some people, like a virus or a drug," writes Robert Desjarlais in this absorbing book. Drawing on his lifelong fascination with the game, Desjarlais guides readers into the world of twenty-first-century chess to help us understand its unique pleasures and challenges, and to advance a new "anthropology of passion." Immersing us directly in chess's intricate culture, he interweaves small dramas, closely observed details, illuminating insights, colorful anecdotes, and unforgettable biographical sketches to elucidate the game and to reveal what goes on in the minds of experie. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Chess -- Philosophy.
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Chess players -- Psychology.
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Anthropology -- Philosophy.
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Anthropology.
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Chess.
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Chess players.
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Philosophy.
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Psychology.
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Sport & Recreation.
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GAMES -- Chess.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Anthropology -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00810222
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Chess -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00853790
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Chess players -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00853813
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Desjarlais, Robert R. Counterplay. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520267398 (DLC) 2010026534 (OCoLC)644150071 |
| ISBN |
9780520948204 (electronic bk.) |
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0520948203 (electronic bk.) |
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