The Chess Artist
Subtitle: Genius, Obsession, and the World's Oldest Game
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: September 22, 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780312272937
Subjects: Chess; Indoor Games; Games; Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Games/Puzzles; Chess - General; Games / Chess; Anecdotes; Hallman, J. C; History; Travel
First sentence: THE OFFICIAL RULES OF CHESS ARE NOT CALLED RULES.
Description: An exploration of chess enthusiam throughout the world notes the contributions of Kalmykia dictator Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, New York's legendary chess district, and the Princeton Math Department.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Developing your pieces; title: Mutant message from forever; title: Writing sonnets in public; title: The theory of commodes; title: Developing your pieces; title: Epideixis; title: Nothing can be lost in Elista; title: Developing your pieces; title: The chess district; title: ?!; title: The queen of Mongolia; title: Developing your pieces; title: Illuminating Ilyumzhinov; title: Infinite variety; title: Developing your pieces; title: The road to Lagan; title: The narrow way; title: Developing your pieces; title: Nothing new under the sun; title: Salt in the coffee; title: Re-entrance; title: Check-O-rama; title: The upside-down urinal; title: Appendix; title: Sources