LEADER 03100nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910790438103321 005 20230422031717.0 010 $a1-283-53137-2 010 $a9786613843821 010 $a0-7735-8480-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773584808 035 $a(CKB)2670000000148846 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000687813 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390531 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687813 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10755277 035 $a(PQKB)11147541 035 $a(CEL)435882 035 $a(OCoLC)767734192 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00230154 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332353 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10577937 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL384382 035 $a(OCoLC)923236975 035 $a(DE-B1597)656796 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773584808 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/32m83q 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332353 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000148846 100 $a19981104d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChess pieces$b[electronic resource] /$fDavid Solway 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca [N.Y.] $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d1999 215 $a79 p 225 1 $aHugh MacLennan poetry series 300 $aPoems. 311 $a0-7735-1901-7 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tThe Chess Clock -- $tThe Powers of the Pawn -- $tA Counter-Truth -- $tHandling the Chess Pieces -- $tBishop to King -- $tPersians at Chess -- $tMy Mother?s Chess -- $tKing to Queen -- $tThe Tournament -- $tThe Last Move: In Memoriam -- $tThe Catch -- $tThe Games -- $tFor Garry Kasparov -- $tDeep Blue?s Downfall -- $tWriters on Chess: A Conversation -- $tThe Players -- $tTristan -- $tThe Master -- $tKing and Queen -- $tReminiscence of an Amateur -- $tThe Nimzovitch -- $tMr. Palomar at the Chessboard -- $tGreek Chess -- $tAllegory -- $tMy Son at Chess -- $tMy Own Chess -- $tPawns and Pieces -- $tFerdinand and Miranda Discovered Playing Chess -- $tMy Game with Robert Hübner -- $tMy Game with a Friend -- $tPerpetual Check -- $tWittgenstein at Chess -- $tCarving the Pieces -- $tPortraits -- $tMy Daughter at Chess -- $tThe Next Crusade -- $tDream of a Chess Man -- $tThe Pin -- $tEndgame -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aBut never underestimate the powers of the pawn who can promote into a queen and put a kingdom on, or moving humbly up the board, killing on the side, outpriest the priest, and leave the knight without a horse to ride, and trip the elevated rook to bring it crashing down, and nudge the misanthropic queen into oblivion, and stop before great Caesar's throne, a tiny regicide, and watch a cornered monarch fall, and ponder how he died. --from The Powers of the Pawn 410 0$aHugh MacLennan poetry series. 606 $aChess$vPoetry 615 0$aChess 676 $a811/.54 700 $aSolway$b David$01483167 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790438103321 996 $aChess pieces$93701165 997 $aUNINA