Did You Come Here To Play Chess Or To Have Fun?
and other tales from 'dana blogs chess'
$39.59
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2025
Summary
Did You Come Here To Play Chess Or To Have Fun?
Dana Mackenzie celebrates the joy of chess - the ordinary, everyday chess we amateurs play. For this book, he has selected forty of his favorite posts from his award-winning chess blog, including a diverse mix of stories, philosophical musings, chess improvement tips, and game analysis.
In each story, the fun leaps off the page. We attend club nights, team tournaments, and state championships. We are on the road and at the boar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789083483337 |
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| ISBN-10: | 9083483339 |
| Author: | Dana Mackenzie |
| Publisher: | New in Chess |
| Imprint: | New in Chess |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 170mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Dana Mackenzie
Dana Mackenzie is a Ph.D. mathematician who became a full-time freelance writer, specializing in popular science and mathematics. As a chess player, he was North Carolina State Champion in 1985 and 1987, is a USCF National Master and Life Master, and for several years was a popular lecturer on chess instruction. As a professional science writer, he wrote The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be and co-authored The Book of Why, which was named one of the top science books of 2018 by National Public Radio’s Science Friday program. This book presents forty selected posts (many newly edited and revised) from his blog, which was named ‘Best Chess Blog of 2021’ by the Chess Journalists of America.
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