Chess Illustrated, 9781838865191
Hardcover
Strategy, beauty, and history combine in the world’s greatest game.
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Chess Illustrated

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  • Hardcover

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    14 June 2025

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Summary

Chess: A World of Strategy, Beauty, and History

The joy of chess lies in its endless possibilities. With each move, you immerse yourself in a world of strategy, calculation, and creativity. Every game presents a unique challenge, testing players’ intellect and intuition to the maximum.

Chess is also known for its ornate and beautiful pieces as much as it is for strategy and tactics. Even many people who don’t play will often display a polished wooden set in their homes.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781838865191
ISBN-10:1838865195
Series:Chinese Bound Illustrated
Author:Alastair Horne
Publisher:Amber Books Ltd
Imprint:Amber Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:14 June 2025
Weight:1.15kg
Dimensions:265mm x 196mm x 30mm
About The Author

Alastair Horne

Alastair Horne is a lecturer in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling, in Scotland. The author of four previous books for Amber – Abandoned Scotland, Graves of the Great and Famous, Paris: City of Light, and London: Treasured Capital of the United Kingdom – he is currently completing a doctorate on how smartphones are changing storytelling, and a novel set in an unnamed Parisian cemetery in the early twentieth century.

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