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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Desjarlais, Robert R. (-)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Berkeley : University of California Press c2011.
Materias:	Chess > Philosophy. Chess players > Psychology. Anthropology > Philosophy. 21st century chess. anecdotes. anthropologists. anthropology of games. anthropology. biographical sketches. chess aficionados. chess culture. chess historians. chess lovers. chess players. chess strategies. chess. competition. cultural context. discussion books. ethnographers. ethnography. game historians. games. intersubjectivity. mental exercise. mind games. nonfiction. popular games. psychology. strategy games. themes of play.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797949906719

Tabla de Contenidos:

Frontmatter
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

Counterplay an anthropologist at the chessboard

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