The Grandmaster
Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: ix, 211 pages ; 22 cm
"A firsthand account of the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the world's geopolitical unrest"--Publisher marketing.
Contents:
Chapter 1: A night at the Plaza -- Chapter 2: The Prodigies -- Chapter 3: Trompowsky -- Chapter 4: Still searching for Bobby Fischer -- Chapter 5: The Hustlers -- Chapter 6: "Why can't he beat this guy?" -- Chapter 7: A place that time forgot -- Chapter 8: On the edge of the abyss -- Chapter 9: "I am unusual, a little" -- Chapter 10: Queen Judit -- Chapter 11: Finding Josh Waitzkin -- Chapter 12: 50.Qh6+!!
Subjects:
Carlsen, Magnus, 1990-
Karjakin, Sergey, 1990-
World Chess Championship (2016 : New York, N.Y.)
Chess players -- Norway -- Biography.
Carlsen, Magnus, 1990-
Karjakin, Sergey, 1990-
World Chess Championship (2016 : New York, N.Y.)
Chess players -- Norway -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781501172601
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Carlsen, Magnus | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |