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1. www.chesshistory.com › winter › extraChess in Fiction by Edward Winter

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   Oct 12, 2024 · Chess in Fiction. Edward Winter. A number of works of fiction have been reviewed in Chess Notes, although The Queen’s Gambit by the late Walter Tevis is perhaps the first that deliberately aims for that category. It traces the elevation of Beth Harmon, a prodigy in chess, drink and drugs, to the loftiest heights of the first-named vice.

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3. www.chesshistory.com › winter › extraSpassky v Fischer, Reykjavik, 1972 by Edward Winter

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   Oct 24, 2024 · It proposed to offer a free holiday in Reykjavik to four readers who would solve a chess problem and answer in not more than 15 words a question such as ‘What makes chess worthwhile?’. The newspaper wanted immediately a ‘tough and entirely original problem’, but all that could be offered on the spot was an original two-mover.

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4. www.chesshistory.com › winter › extraFor Pondering by Edward Winter - Chess

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   5 days ago · ‘Signor C. Salvioli has reclaimed the birthright of chess literature for Italy. Without exception the first volume of his Teoria e Pratice [del giuoco] degli Scacchi as a collection of games alone is the most valuable chess book extant in any language.’

5. www.chess.com › fictional-books-featuring-chessFictional books featuring chess - Chess Forums - Chess.com

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   Oct 24, 2024 · Fictional books featuring chess. What do you think constitutes "Chess books?" non-ficiton guides or fictional books featuring Chess as a major theme?

6. www.chess.com › news › viewPeter Doggers 'The Chess Revolution' Book Now Available In ...

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   Oct 24, 2024 · Chess fans can now order their English copy of The Chess Revolution by Peter Doggers, one of the world's leading chess journalists. The book is available for English readers around the world. Get your copy here!

7. www.waterstones.com › book › the-chess-revolutionThe Chess Revolution by Peter Doggers | Waterstones

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   Oct 24, 2024 · Doggers argues forcefully that chess, for so long in danger of being marginalised after the high point of the great Fischer-Spassky world championship match in 1972, is returning to the mainstream and can be a winner again - Stephen Moss, author of The Rookie: An Odyssey Through Chess (and Life)

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   When did chess start?

   • The London tournament, in turn, inspired American players to organize the first national championship, the First American Chess Congress, in New York City in 1857, which set off the first chess craze in the Western Hemisphere. The winner, Paul Morphy of New Orleans, was recognized as unofficial world champion after defeating Anderssen in 1858.

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   What was the first major chess event?

   • The first major international event was a series of six matches held in 1834 between the leading French and British players, Louis-Charles de la Bourdonnais of Paris and Alexander McDonnell of London, which ended with Bourdonnais’s victory. For the first time, a major chess event was reported extensively in newspapers and analyzed in books.

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   • Eastern Slavs spread it to Kievan Rus about the same time. The Vikings carried the game as far as Iceland and England and are believed responsible for the most famous collection of chessmen, 78 walrus-ivory pieces of various sets that were found on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in 1831 and date from the 11th or 12th century.

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9. thetwig.com › book › 9781590171691Chess Story | The Twig Book Shop

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   4 days ago · Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942.