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The Rookie: An Odyssey through Chess (and Life)
Stephen Moss
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Description for The Rookie: An Odyssey through Chess (and Life)
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Chess was invented more than 1,500 years ago, and is played in every country in the world. Stephen Moss sets out to master its mysteries, and unlock the secret of its enduring appeal. What, he asks, is the essence of chess? And what will it reveal about his own character along the way? In a witty, accessible style that will delight newcomers and irritate purists, Moss imagines the world as a board and marches across it, offering a mordant report on the world of chess in 64 chapters - 64 of course being the number of squares ... Read more
Chess was invented more than 1,500 years ago, and is played in every country in the world. Stephen Moss sets out to master its mysteries, and unlock the secret of its enduring appeal. What, he asks, is the essence of chess? And what will it reveal about his own character along the way? In a witty, accessible style that will delight newcomers and irritate purists, Moss imagines the world as a board and marches across it, offering a mordant report on the world of chess in 64 chapters - 64 of course being the number of squares ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408189726
SKU
9781408189726
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About Stephen Moss
Stephen Moss was born in Newport, South Wales, and studied modern history at Balliol College, Oxford. In a long journalistic career - too long, his critics would say - he has written mainly for the Guardian. He is one of a select band to have met Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen, three of the game's greatest world champions. ... Read more
Reviews for The Rookie: An Odyssey through Chess (and Life)
The Rookie is actually a life lesson much more relevant than all of those self-help books
The Daily Mail
Stephen Moss's highly readable book, The Rookie, is a brilliant account of the emotional roller coaster of an average club player trying to become seriously strong ... Many will empathise with Stephen's tribulations and can learn something about themselves. ... Read more
The Daily Mail
Stephen Moss's highly readable book, The Rookie, is a brilliant account of the emotional roller coaster of an average club player trying to become seriously strong ... Many will empathise with Stephen's tribulations and can learn something about themselves. ... Read more