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  • Looks like a good chess read

    http://en.chessbase.com/post/chess-s...good-car-chase

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    Re: Looks like a good chess read

    Not available in Canada as I understand but can be imported from the U.K. via Amazon.

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    • #3
      Re: Looks like a good chess read

      Another good read is

      Lisa: A Chess Novel

      Originally posted by Anonymous
      I don’t know the author. I do play chess, virtually every day of my life. I was astonished by this book. It is filled with insight and beautifully written. I hope this author becomes widely known and receives the appreciation due to those with rare talent. This is not just a book about chess: it is literature.
      Here is an interview with the author.

      Chess literature. Oh yeah.
      Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Sunday, 9th February, 2014, 04:07 PM.
      Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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      • #4
        a good read

        Just finished yesterday. The novel can be read without paying attention to the chess. However, it is a richer experience with it. The following problem is posed to the protagonist, Lisa, by her teacher (the late Igor Ivanov).



        White to play and draw. Composition by Alexey Alexeevich Seleznyev.
        Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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        • #5
          Paintings with Chess as their subject from 1400-2000

          Paintings with Chess as their subject from the fifteenth to the twentieth century



          The Epilogue of this academic work by Nicolas Sphicas (Thessaloniki 2008, 250 pp. or thereabouts) can be found at the above link. If you have an account at Academia.edu then you can probably get the whole book for download.
          Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Saturday, 17th January, 2015, 11:20 PM. Reason: author added
          Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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