Birth of the Chess Queen: A History by Marilyn Yalom
Birth of the Chess Queen: A History

Marilyn Yalom

Birth of the Chess Queen: A History

Marilyn Yalom

272 pages 2004

3 editions

nonfiction historical history adventurous informative slow-paced
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Everyone knows that the queen is the most powerful piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. In India, Persia, and the Arab lands, where the game was first played, a general, or vizier (chief cou...

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