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Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening,...
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
Based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.
"Nair's film, her best in a long time, is hardly the first to use a chessboard as a symbol of...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"After years in and out of mental institutions, Genesis is released into the care of his older brother Ariki, a street gang leader. When he volunteers to train a group of disadvantaged Maori children for the upcoming National Chess Championships, it puts him at odds with his brother over Ariki's son Mana, whose interest in the game threatens the teen's imminent initiation into his father's violent gang. Despite all odds, Gen's positivity always leads...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2000, c1993
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This heart-warming film is based on the true story of a young boy who is a chess prodigy and his father, who attempts to walk the fine line between encouraging his son's talent, and preserving the love they have for each other.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
The queen of chess, Judit Polgar, dazzled the world as a prodigy, winning tournaments, gold medals, and defeating eleven world champions, including Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen. At her peak, Judit was rated the eighth best chess player in the world.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xi, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Description
From an author who wrote one of the bestselling Bobby Fischer books ever and who was himself a friend of Fischer's comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time captures the complete, remarkable arc of the life of the chess master.
8) Magnus
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the life and career of Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
8 CDs (10 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"As the Great War rages, an independent young woman struggles to sustain love-and life-through the power of words. It's 1917 and America is on the brink of World War I. After Hensley Dench's father is forced to resign from the New York Times for his anti-war writings, she finds herself expelled from the life she loves and the future she thought she would have. Instead, Hensley is transplanted to New Mexico, where her father has taken a job overseeing...
Author
Series
Cedar Cove series volume 7
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
While catching up on all the Cedar Grove gossip, Teri Polgar senses that something is amiss with her new husband Bobby, a famous chess champion, when he begins acting strangely.
Author
Publisher
Tommy Nelson, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
"The incredible true story of Tani Adewumi, a Nigerian refugee who garnered international news coverage after winning the New York State Chess Championship at the age of eight. Tani's story of finding a new life in America reminds children that perseverance and hope make a difference--and small acts of kindness can make the world a better place"--
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