num_pages: 224
description: The people and events that shaped the game of kings.The History of Chess in Fifty Moves recounts the 1500-year history of the game of royals from its ancient beginnings to Deep Blue Kasparov and internet chess.As stand-alone stories or in sequence the 50 chapters explain how chess has changed adapted and thrived through the centuries. It reveals the sublime players the controversies the great tournaments and upsets the victories... nothing is overlooked.Entertaining and faithful text descriptions artwork reproductions archival photographs callout boxes quotations of interest and chessboard diagrams bring chess's colorful history to life.The stories cover the globe's chessboards and the game's generations of players including:The Turk the automaton hoax that fooled royaltyTheories on the origin of chessThe longest matchThe Polgar sistersThe decline of Boris SpasskyThe Bobby Fischer phenomenonThe Soviet invasionChess codebreaking and Bletchley ParkThe female Soviet Vera MenchikThe first official chess OlympiadPhillip Stamma notates chessThe Da Vinci connectionCapablanca versus AlekhineThe Internet changes everything.For chess players at all levels The History of Chess in Fifty Moves is an exciting treat they will return to again and again.
language: English
title: History of Chess in 50 Moves
publisher: Firefly Books Ltd.