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• The Queen's Gambit

  Tevis, Walter

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  Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Queen of Katwe

  A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl

  Crothers, Tim

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  Based on a popular ESPN magazine article selected by Dave Eggers for The Best American Nonrequired Reading and a finalist for a National Magazine Award, the inspiring true story of Phiona Mutesi, a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• King's Gambit

  a Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game

  Hoffman, Paul, 1956-

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  As a young man, Paul Hoffman was a brilliant chess player . . . until the pressures of competition drove him to the brink of madness. In King's Gambit, he interweaves a gripping overview of the history of the game and an in-depth look at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Searching for Bobby Fischer

  A Father's Story of Love and Ambition

  Waitzkin, Fred

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  Searching for Bobby Fischer is the story of Fred Waitzkin and his son, from the moment six-year-old Josh first sits down at a chessboard until he competes for the national championship. Be sure to check out the movie adaptation, which is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chess

  5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games

  Polgár, László, 1946-

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  Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chess for Beginners

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  If you're new to the game of chess this online periodical is a great place to start. It covers the basics and fundamentals of the game.

• Basic Chess

  Levens, David

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  Chess is the world's most popular board game--and now anyone can play, with this straightforward, jargon-free introduction to the game.

• The Grandmaster

  Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again

  Butler, Brin-Jonathan

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  A firsthand account of the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the world's geopolitical unrest and rekindled a global fascination with the sport.

• The Tournament

  Reilly, Matthew,

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  We follow the English delegation, selected by King Henry VIII himself, to the glittering city of Constantinople, where the most amazing tournament ever staged will take place. Available in other formats.

• Pawn Sacrifice

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  In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Queen to play

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  Lovely, repressed, and quietly intelligent, French chambermaid Hľn̈e comes upon a couple engaged in an intensely sensual chess match, and discovers she has a knack for the game. Available in other formats.

• Bobby Fischer Goes to War

  How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time

  Edmonds, David • Eidinow, John

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  In the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at a pivotal point, two men - the Soviet world chess champion Boris Spassky and his American challenger Bobby Fischer - met in the most…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

  Fischer, Bobby, 1943-2008

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  This book is essentially a teaching machine. The way a teaching machine works is: It asks you a question. If you give the right answer, it goes on to the next question. If you give the wrong answer, it tells you why the answer is wrong and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

  Burgess, Graham

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  This contains the 112 greatest chess games of all time—selected, analyzed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of experts and illustrated with more than 900 diagrams.

• The Chess Player's Bible

  Illustrated Strategies for Staying Ahead of the Game

  Eade, James,

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  Learn quickly and at a glance how each chess piece moves on the board, then discover the game's single object, which is to capture the enemy's king and to achieve checkmate. Here's an entertaining and informative manual for beginners, but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Champions' Game

  a True Story

  Ramirez, Saul,

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  In April of 2015, a team of 12 middle schoolers-"border kids"-from South-Central El Paso surprised the country by competing in the national chess championships.

• The Immortal Game

  a History of Chess & Its Consequences

  Shenk, David, 1966-

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  A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. What is it about its thirty-two figurative pieces, moving about its sixty-four black and white…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chess

  From First Moves to Checkmate

  King, Daniel, 1963-

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  Introduces the rules and strategies of chess, as well as its history and some of the great players and matches.

• Pawns: The Positional Soul of Chess

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  A chess lesson in which, you'll find out why "pawns are the soul of chess." Train your eye to see the pawn structures of a game and their strategic implications.

• The World of Chess

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  Crossing lines of social class, language barriers, and national boundaries, played in family living rooms and local chess parlors and online games around the world, chess is a truly universal pastime. Discover the basics of the game and…Read moreRead more of this annotation