Counterplay : an Anthropologist at the Chessboard /

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"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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Desjarlais, Robert R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Chess > Philosophy.
Chess players > Psychology.
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Échecs (Jeu) > Philosophie.
Joueurs d'échecs > Psychologie.
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
GAMES > Chess.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Anthropology > Philosophy
Chess > Philosophy
Chess players > Psychology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; 1. Blitzkrieg Bop; 2. Notes on a Swindle; 3. Psych-Out; 4. Sveshnikov Intrigues; 5. Son of Sorrow; 6. Ambivalence; 7. Cyberchess; 8. 24/7 on the ICC; Endgame; Appendix 1. Note on Chess Annotation; Appendix 2. "Life is touch-move"; Notes; Glossary; Acknowledgments; Index.

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