Of Pawns and Players
Title | Of Pawns and Players PDF eBook |
Author | Kinyanjui Kombani |
Publisher | |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780195747300 |
Players and Pawns
Title | Players and Pawns PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Alan Fine |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2015-08-06 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 022626498X |
A chess match seems about as solitary an endeavor as there is in sports: two minds, on their own, in fierce opposition. But is this the case? Inevitably these two minds are in dialogue, and perhaps might be better understood as partners in play. And surrounding that one-on-one contest is a community life that can be as dramatic and intense as the across-the-board confrontation. Gary Alan Fine has spent years immersed in several communities of amateur and professional chess players--children and adults--and in Players and Pawns he takes readers deep inside these worlds, revealing a complex, brilliant, feisty world of commitment and conflict. Opening with a close look at a routine, yet financially troubled, tournament in Atlantic City, Fine carries us from planning and setup through the climactic final day's match-ups between the weekend's top players, introducing us along the way to countless players and their relationships to the game. At tournaments like that one, as well as in locales as diverse as collegiate matches and cash games in Manhattan's Washington Square Park, players find themselves part of what Fine terms a soft community, an open, welcoming space built on their shared commitment to the game. Within that community, chess players find both support and challenges, all amid a shared interest in and love of the long-standing traditions of the game, traditions that help chess players build a communal identity.
The Power of Pawns
Title | The Power of Pawns PDF eBook |
Author | Jorg Hickl |
Publisher | New In Chess |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 2016-05-11 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9056916327 |
If you want to improve at chess, you must know the characteristics of typical pawn formations. Understanding the pawn structure is a key tool when you are evaluating a position on the board. One simple pawn move can ruin your position or win the game. Post-beginners should know the basic essentials of chess structures and that is what this modern training manual focuses on. Experienced chess teacher Grandmaster Jörg Hickl helps you to recognize the important characteristics of pawn structures, learn how you can and should develop your pieces, identify how you can improve your position and develop a plan of action. This book provides common sense guidance and Jörg Hickl uses practical examples to explain typical structures, strategies and plans. His tips and exercises are both highly enjoyable and to the point.
Studies on Medieval and Early Modern Women
Title | Studies on Medieval and Early Modern Women PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Lawless |
Publisher | Four Courts Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Women |
ISBN | 9781851827756 |
The passive and active of 'pawns or players' is in many ways the kernel of the ongoing debate within the analysis of the role of women in the past. The essays, by both established and younger scholars and covering a wide time-span and geographical area, range from examinations of the laws which restrained or enabled women to discussions of women who resisted the authorities, from studies of women who stepped outside their prescribed role and behaved in a manner that might be described as 'manly' to analyses of the constructions of gender and womanhood that influenced such prescriptions.
Pawn Power in Chess
Title | Pawn Power in Chess PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Kmoch |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2013-04-09 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 0486319695 |
Profoundly original book demonstrates how basic relationships of one or two pawns constitute winning strategy. Multitude of examples illustrate theory. 182 diagrams. Index of games.
Small Steps to Giant Improvement
Title | Small Steps to Giant Improvement PDF eBook |
Author | Sam Shankland |
Publisher | Quality Chess |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-11 |
Genre | Chess |
ISBN | 9781784830502 |
The correct use of the pawns is one of the most difficult aspects of chess strategy, but GM Sam Shankland breaks down the principles of Pawn Play to basic, easily understandable guidelines every chess player should know. He starts with extremely simple examples, but then lifts the level, showing how grandmasters could have made better decisions by using the book's guidelines.
The Last Villains of Molo
Title | The Last Villains of Molo PDF eBook |
Author | Kinyanjui Kombani |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9966362282 |
Bone, Bomu, Bafu, Ngeta and Rock find themselves in Ngando slums having fled the ethic-based violence in Molo. With little to do, they engage in all maner of trade to eke out a living. The entry of Nancy - stylish sophisticated and shrewd - catapults them into a nightmare that leads to destitution, betrayal, desperation, revenge, friendship and lasting love. This is a story of a new generation that rises above the confines of hatred and retribution and reasserts the inherent goodness in man. Told against the background of the 1992 'tribal' clashes in Kenya, The Last Villains of Molo is one of the most critically acclaimed modern stories. It has been studied in five universities in Kenya and Germany, and is currently being scripted for film.