Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture

by Gary Alan Fine

Book Overview

A chess match seems as solitary an endeavor as there is in sports: two minds, on their own, in fierce opposition. In contrast, Gary Alan Fine argues that chess is a social duet: two players in silent dialogue who always take each other into account in their play. Surrounding that one-on-one contest is a community life that can be nearly as dramatic and intense as the across-the-board confrontation. Fine has spent years immersed in the communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022663986X
• ISBN13: 9780226639864
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"