{"product_id":"9780226639864-players-and-pawns-how-chess-builds-community-and-culture","title":"Fine Gary Alan - Players And Pawns How Chess Builds Community And Culture - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Players And Pawns How Chess Builds Community And Culture\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Fine Gary Alan\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: The University Of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780226639864\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 288 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 4\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Chess","brand":"Fine Gary Alan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49593394463025,"sku":"IN-G-9780226639864","price":31.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780226639864.jpg?v=1729807590","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780226639864-players-and-pawns-how-chess-builds-community-and-culture","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}