The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain: Shenk, David, Adamson, Rick: 9780739340042: Books - Amazon.ca The Immortal Game: A History of Chess. . Or Benjamin Zapata’s three likes and comment. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I've recently become geeked out about chess. I really enjoyed this book, including playing through the Immortal Game on a chessboard when reading it! Praise for David Shenk’s The Immortal Game“Elegant . I was pleased that a fair amount of attention is given to the ancient Indian and Middle Eastern societies in which the game originated and flourished for the first third of its life. As the book explains, it is a game of near infinite possibilities. . The Game. There are more and less sophisticated ways to play the game, and those unwilling to face up to the reality of chess knowledge will be consigned forever to be ineffective, ignorant underachievers. I think it's very thorough and I enjoyed how the author organized the information. The author weaves together his centuries-long narrative with the moves played in 1851 in London between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritsky that journalists quickly and presciently dubbed "The Immortal Game." Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. With jaw-dropping audacity, Anderssen sacrificed both of his rooks, a bishop and his queen, yet still went on to win the game. The appendix also contains many useful resources including Benjamin Franklin's "The Moral of Chess" and a selection of famous games. I was right. . There is a short intro with some interesting anecdotes from all over the world. On my last trip to the library, I did something I almost never do: I chose a book simply because it sounded interesting. [Offers] a strong case for the game’s bewitching power.” —The New York Times Book Review“Shenk’s book possesses an almost inestimable advantage over the many other publications about chess. . . Kept interesting through the author's personal connection to the history of chess, and through an analysis of the Immortal Game, this book connects the reader to the history of the game. Like many, I went through a chess phase in my late teens, about the time I would read poetry books in public places and wore clear-lensed spectacles to 'impress' my intellect and seriousness on strangers. OTHER BOOKS. The Genius in All of Us: New Insights Into Genetics, Talent, and IQ, The Forgetting: Alzheimer's, Portrait of an Epidemic, Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut. The Immortal Game - David Shenk The Immortal Game by David Shenk A History of Chess Paperback, 352 pages A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. The book interweaves the history of the game told between chapters analysing the so called Immortal game played between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky on 21st June 1851 (played as a social game during a … . The author sets the stage and describes the game move-by-move. Played in 1851 as an informal match between two European math professors, Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky, this game has become a true showcase of classic 19th century chess where startling attacks and sacrifices were all the rage. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London in 1851 between two Doubleday $26 (327p) ISBN 978-0-385-51010-3. Bobby Fischer did nothing wrong. Skip to main content.com.au. I don't know why I picked up this book had doubts on whether I'd read it. Anchor; Illustrated edition (October 2, 2007). Just the thing to get you in the thrall of this ancient game.” —Los Angeles Times, “Shenk, a spry writer. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2015. Chess certainly can be overexposed, but this promised good writing with fresh incites that revitalized our perspective on the game. Rogers’ How to Play Chess (pages 155-156) both gave the ‘Immortal Game’ as having been won by Kieseritzky against Anderssen. I feel like every chapter could've been deeper and longer and it would still be an engaging book. (Understanding this hard truth didn’t amount to acting on it, but it was at least a good first step. March 1977 --- But even then, despite a shallow understanding of chess, I'd heard and read about the "immortal game" that took place 1851 between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky, a warm-up game that featured increasingly daring and outrageous moves until the stunning finale. A true page-turner, and a superb introduction to the game of chess.” —The Wall Street Journal, “Clear, elegant, sophisticated and easy to understand. Overall, a patzer of a book. A great example of the Romantic style the 'Immortal Game' of 1851, which is still studied and admired today. Other books. Reading David Shenk's book brought all that back and more. I enjoyed it a lot. Chess is the simply the most important game in the history of the world. (This book as 159 reviews and 3 likes gets ya top billing. This book is pretty much exactly what I needed. A fresh, engaging look at how 32 carved pieces on a Chess board forever changed our understanding of war, art, science, and the human brain.Chess is the most enduring and universal game in history. The Soviet "chess machine" is, predictably, criticized. . This book was not what I expected. It is simple enough that even small children can learn the rules to play the game, yet exceedingly complex to stump grandmasters.
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