03100nam 2200625 a 450 991079043810332120230422031717.01-283-53137-297866138438210-7735-8480-310.1515/9780773584808(CKB)2670000000148846(SSID)ssj0000687813(PQKBManifestationID)11390531(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687813(PQKBWorkID)10755277(PQKB)11147541(CEL)435882(OCoLC)767734192(CaBNVSL)slc00230154(Au-PeEL)EBL3332353(CaPaEBR)ebr10577937(CaONFJC)MIL384382(OCoLC)923236975(DE-B1597)656796(DE-B1597)9780773584808(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/32m83q(MiAaPQ)EBC3332353(EXLCZ)99267000000014884619981104d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChess pieces[electronic resource] /David SolwayMontreal ;Ithaca [N.Y.] McGill-Queen's University Press199979 pHugh MacLennan poetry seriesPoems.0-7735-1901-7 Front Matter -- Contents -- The Chess Clock -- The Powers of the Pawn -- A Counter-Truth -- Handling the Chess Pieces -- Bishop to King -- Persians at Chess -- My Mother’s Chess -- King to Queen -- The Tournament -- The Last Move: In Memoriam -- The Catch -- The Games -- For Garry Kasparov -- Deep Blue’s Downfall -- Writers on Chess: A Conversation -- The Players -- Tristan -- The Master -- King and Queen -- Reminiscence of an Amateur -- The Nimzovitch -- Mr. Palomar at the Chessboard -- Greek Chess -- Allegory -- My Son at Chess -- My Own Chess -- Pawns and Pieces -- Ferdinand and Miranda Discovered Playing Chess -- My Game with Robert Hübner -- My Game with a Friend -- Perpetual Check -- Wittgenstein at Chess -- Carving the Pieces -- Portraits -- My Daughter at Chess -- The Next Crusade -- Dream of a Chess Man -- The Pin -- Endgame -- AcknowledgmentsBut never underestimate the powers of the pawn who can promote into a queen and put a kingdom on, or moving humbly up the board, killing on the side, outpriest the priest, and leave the knight without a horse to ride, and trip the elevated rook to bring it crashing down, and nudge the misanthropic queen into oblivion, and stop before great Caesar's throne, a tiny regicide, and watch a cornered monarch fall, and ponder how he died. --from The Powers of the PawnHugh MacLennan poetry series.ChessPoetryChess811/.54Solway David1483167MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790438103321Chess pieces3701165UNINA