Counterplay : an Anthropologist at the Chessboard /

"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,...

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Main Author: Desjarlais, Robert R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central