Bibliograph

All the wrong moves, a memoir about chess, love, and ruining everything, Sasha Chapin

Type

Label

All the wrong moves, a memoir about chess, love, and ruining everything, Sasha Chapin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

All the wrong moves

Oclc number

1086414246

Responsibility statement

Sasha Chapin

Sub title

a memoir about chess, love, and ruining everything

Summary

"A globe-trotting romp through the world of ultra-competitive chess, in which the author submits himself to humiliating defeats and the tutelage of ornery mentors in his search for glory--a celebration of the purity, violence, and beauty of the game"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Preface: The 600 million -- Kathmandu -- The Pawnishers -- One night in Bangkok -- A puzzle without solution -- No Macs -- Rough Gus -- The secret of chess -- I'd hate to be God right now, because he sees everything -- Dreams die in California -- The beach

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