Counterplay: An Anthropologist at the Chessboard by Robert R. Desjarlais

Counterplay: An Anthropologist at the Chessboard

Robert R. Desjarlais

251 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction adventurous informative medium-paced
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Counterplay explores the inner world of a chess player and examines how we attempt to make meaning from the game and the forms of life that surround it. Desjarlais's personal account skillfully illustrates the absorbing, enchanting, and exacting q...

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