Chess Queens

The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time

von Jennifer Shahade

389 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

'Like The Queen's Gambit, this isn't really about chess, but power ... Shahade is up for the fight'Sunday Times What does it take to make it to the top of your game? As a chess champion, Jennifer Shahade has travelled the world playing major tournaments. At the top, she finds rivalry and friendship; sexism and feminism; ecstatic highs and excruciating losses.Chess Queens invites us behind the scenes of this ultra male-dominated sport. We meet today's elite, as well as the pioneering female players in history who fought against the odds to get to the top. An essential guide for all aspiring chess queens, Jennifer's story reveals what it takes to break through the glass ceiling.'Jennifer Shahade is a brilliant, insightful thinker who never fails to entertain and engage'Maria Konnikova 'An astoundingly intimate, thoughtful and inspirational book by a person who has seen it all from the inside'Angela Saini

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen Frauen und Mädchen
• ISBN: 9781399701389
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.07.2023
• Größe: 195 x 127 mm
• Verlag: Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.