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Counterplay

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252 pages, hardback, University, 1. edition 2011

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"Counterplay explores the inner world of a chess player and examines how we attempt to make meaning from the game and the forms of life that surround it. Desjarlais's personal account skillfully illustrates the absorbing, enchanting, and exacting qualities of chess, while also highlighting the penury, disillusion, and pettiness that regretfully permeate the game."
Jonathan Rowson, Ph.D., GM and British Chess Champion (2004-2006)

"This book is replete with deeply researched and closely observed details, small dramas, intriguing insights, compelling anecdotes, and potted biographies-all interwoven with great authorial skill and intelligence. This is a superb introduction to the 'lifeworld' of chess that affords glimpses into the psychology of players and touches on the social and political dimensions of competitive chess."
Michael D. Jackson, author of The Palm at the End of the Mind



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EAN 9780520267398
Weight 350 g
Manufacturer University
Width 16.1 cm
Height 23.4 cm
Medium Book
Year of Publication 2011
Author Robert Desjarlais
Language English
Edition 1
ISBN-13 9780520267398
Pages 252
Binding hardback
001 1. Blitzkrieg Bop
026 2. Notes on a Swindle
055 3. Psych-Out
082 4. Sveshnikov Intrigues
103 5. Son of Sorrow
126 6. Ambivalence
152 7. Cyberchess
184 8. 24/7 on the ICC
203 Endgame
213 Appendix 1. Note on Chess Annotation
217 Appendix 2. "Life is touch-move"
225 Notes
239 Glossary
245 Acknowledgments
247 Index