03989nam 2200973 a 450 991082209630332120230725020017.01-283-27747-697866132774730-520-94820-310.1525/9780520948204(CKB)2560000000055644(EBL)656350(OCoLC)705945757(SSID)ssj0000468065(PQKBManifestationID)11309419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468065(PQKBWorkID)10498071(PQKB)10421424(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084810(MiAaPQ)EBC656350(DE-B1597)520000(DE-B1597)9780520948204(Au-PeEL)EBL656350(CaPaEBR)ebr10446273(CaONFJC)MIL327747(EXLCZ)99256000000005564420100625d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCounterplay[electronic resource] an anthropologist at the chessboard /Robert DesjarlaisBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (261 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26739-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Blitzkrieg Bop -- 2. Notes on a Swindle -- 3. Psych-Out -- 4. Sveshnikov Intrigues -- 5. Son of Sorrow -- 6. Ambivalence -- 7. Cyberchess -- 8. 24/7 on the ICC -- Endgame -- Appendix 1. Note on Chess Annotation -- Appendix 2. " Life is touch-move" -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index"Chess gets a hold of some people, like a virus or a drug," writes Robert Desjarlais in this absorbing book. Drawing on his lifelong fascination with the game, Desjarlais guides readers into the world of twenty-first-century chess to help us understand its unique pleasures and challenges, and to advance a new "anthropology of passion." Immersing us directly in chess's intricate culture, he interweaves small dramas, closely observed details, illuminating insights, colorful anecdotes, and unforgettable biographical sketches to elucidate the game and to reveal what goes on in the minds of experienced players when they face off over the board. Counterplay offers a compelling take on the intrigues of chess and shows how themes of play, beauty, competition, addiction, fanciful cognition, and intersubjective engagement shape the lives of those who take up this most captivating of games.ChessPhilosophyChess playersPsychologyAnthropologyPhilosophy21st century chess.anecdotes.anthropologists.anthropology of games.anthropology.biographical sketches.chess aficionados.chess culture.chess historians.chess lovers.chess players.chess strategies.chess.competition.cultural context.discussion books.ethnographers.ethnography.game historians.games.intersubjectivity.mental exercise.mind games.nonfiction.popular games.psychology.strategy games.themes of play.ChessPhilosophy.Chess playersPsychology.AnthropologyPhilosophy.794.1Desjarlais Robert R1112570MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822096303321Counterplay4002569UNINA