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Chess Queens - The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time (Hardcover)
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Chess Queens - The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R555
Discovery Miles 5 550
You Save R69 (11%)
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For fans of The Queen's Gambit, this is the real life story of a
female chess champion travelling the world to compete in a
male-dominated sport with the most famous players of all time.
Jennifer Shahade, a two-time US women's chess champion, spent her
teens and twenties travelling the world playing chess. Tournaments
have taken her from Istanbul to Moscow, and introduced her to
players from Zambia to China. In this ultra male-dominated sport,
Jennifer found shocking sexism, as well as an incredible history of
the top female players that has often been ignored. But she also
found friendships, feminism and hope. Through her own story as well
as in-depth profiles of pioneers of the game, Jennifer invites us
into the extremely competitive world of chess. She shows us the
rivalry and the camaraderie; the ecstatic highs and the
excruciating losses; the glamour and the hard work. She describes
the coach who told her that her period will affect her standard of
play, and gives us thrilling blow-by-blow accounts of the matches
that made history. Intertwined with Jennifer's own story are those
of the top female players from around the world. We meet the famous
Polgar sisters, the three Hungarian girls who were all child
prodigies; we meet the glamorous jet setters who travel the world
partying, and the players who escaped war-torn countries to become
champions against the odds. Chess Queens is a fascinating journey
into the exhilarating world of chess and an essential book for all
the aspiring chess queens of today.
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