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Counterplay - An Anthropologist At the Chessboard

English · Paperback / Softback

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"Chess gets a hold of some people, like a virus or a drug," writes Robert Desjarlais in this absorbing book. Immersing us directly in chesss intricate culture, he interweaves small dramas, closely observed details, illuminating insights, colorful anecdotes, and unforgettable biographical sketches to elucidate the game and to reveal what goes on in the minds of experienced players when they face off over the board. Counterplay offers a compelling take on the intrigues of chess and shows how themes of play, beauty, competition, addiction, fanciful cognition, and intersubjective engagement shape the lives of those who take up this most captivating of games.

List of 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

About the author

Robert Desjarlais is Professor of Anthropology at Sarah Lawrence College.

Summary

Drawing on his lifelong fascination with the game, the author guides readers into the world of twenty-first-century chess to help us understand its unique pleasures and challenges, and to advance a new 'anthropology of passion.'

Additional text

“Brilliant . . . a rewarding read.”

Report

"This one is special, crafted for the general reader as well as the aficionado. . . . Like the game itself, Counterplay is an enjoyable mental exercise." - Foreword

Product details

Authors Prof. Robert R. Desjarlais, Robert Desjarlais, Robert R. Desjarlais, Desjarlais Robert R.
Publisher University Of California Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 20.04.2012
 
EAN 9780520272606
ISBN 978-0-520-27260-6
No. of pages 266
Dimensions 145 mm x 220 mm x 18 mm
Series University of California Press
Subjects Guides > Sport
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous

Chess, Board games: Chess, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Chess

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