The Chess Revolution: Understanding the Power of an Ancient Game in the Digital Age - Couverture souple

Doggers, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472149319 ISBN 13 : 9781472149312

Editeur : Robinson, 2025

Synopsis

'Chess is a staggering invention, if indeed it was invented. Maybe it just evolved. It is still evolving, now faster than ever, and Peter Doggers has traced and tracked its never-ending development with wit, vigour and insight. Nothing artificial about his intelligence' - Sir Tim Rice

'An entertaining and instructive overview of a game in the throes of reinvention.' - Financial Times

How the game of kings became the king of games

Throughout history, chess has inspired writers, painters, filmmakers, musicians, mathematicians and scientists. Yet, despite being 1,500 years old, chess has never been more popular than it is today. How did it become the most prominent game in Western culture?

In this fascinating book, acclaimed Chess.com journalist Peter Doggers explores chess as a cultural phenomenon from its earliest beginnings in ancient India to its influence on pop culture, the arts and science. He examines its biggest stars and most dramatic moments, the impact of AI, cheating scandals, esports and the online revolution, culminating in the game's meteoric rise in the digital age leading to a new peak in popularity.

Complete with photographs and illustrations, as well as an appendix in the back with moves from key games, The Chess Revolution is a seminal volume that will captivate every chess fan, from novices to grandmasters.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Doggers is one of the most well-known and respected journalists in the chess world. An internationally ranked chess player, he is the director of news and events at the market leader in online chess, Chess.com. Doggers has played chess for more than thirty-five years and has covered it for nearly twenty. He has interviewed dozens of grandmasters, played basketball with Magnus Carlsen and interviewed Garry Kasparov at Bobby Fischer's grave. Doggers lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The best chess journalist in the world explores why, after 1,500 years of existence, chess has never been more relevant than now.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Robinson
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472149319
• ISBN 13: 9781472149312
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Robinson; biuro@robinson.pl; ; Lajkonika 34; Bielsko-Bia?a; 43-382; Pologne