Fine Gary Alan
Fine Gary Alan - Players And Pawns How Chess Builds Community And Culture - Paperback
Fine Gary Alan - Players And Pawns How Chess Builds Community And Culture - Paperback
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Description: 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. Within their 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 fascinating world of serious chess.
Title: Players And Pawns How Chess Builds Community And Culture
Author(s): Fine Gary Alan
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226639864
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 4/21/2019
Category: Chess
Description: 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. Within their 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 fascinating world of serious chess.
Title: Players And Pawns How Chess Builds Community And Culture
Author(s): Fine Gary Alan
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226639864
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 4/21/2019
Category: Chess
