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Author
Language
English
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, and...
2) Magnus
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This unique coming-of-age story follows Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story from 1998, five Latinx and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
Publisher
Bleeker Street Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. PAWN SACRIFICE chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** "*An enthralling...
6) Check & mate
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After chess led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf's focus is a dead-end job that keeps the lights on for her mother and sisters. When she plays in a charity tournament and wipes the board with current world champion Nolan Sawyer, the victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes. Mallory struggles to keep her family separated from the game, but she soon realizes that the games aren't only on the board. The...
7) Chess story
Author
Language
English
Description
"The art of the great Austian writer Stefan Zweig was a difficult balancing act. Zweig's major subject was human limitation, above all the ways in which the best of intentions can lead people into the murkiest of emotional and moral cul-de-sacs. And yet Zweig also hoped to illumine those dark places of the heart and mind, to show that it is not, finally, impossible to attain a true perspective on our limitations, even to care for each other. Zweig,...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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 Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
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
Series
Language
English
Description
Olivia Lockhart-Griffin
Cedar Cove, Washington
Dear Reader,
Do you remember Teri Miller? She works at Get Nailed, the beauty salon here in town. Well, Teri got married a little while ago--to Bobby Polgar, the famous chess champion. They've moved into a beautiful house, 74 Seaside Avenue, which has a spectacular view of Puget Sound.
Teri's my hairdresser, and she confided that something seems to be worrying Bobby.
...12) Queen of Katwe
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"A globe-trotting romp through the world of ultra-competitive chess, in which the author submits himself to humiliating defeats and the tutelage of ornery mentors in his search for glory--a celebration of the purity, violence, and beauty of the game"--
Publisher
EPF Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The film reveals the intertwined lives of international chess heroes: Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Maia Chiburdanidze and Nana Ioseliani. These four legendary female players from Georgia revolutionized women's chess and became Soviet icons of women's empowerment. The women leave a lasting legacy. They played together on the Soviet Union's Olympic team, but they were also competitive with each other. Now older, they are still important icons...
15) The dark horse
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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...
16) Endgame
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Since he was five years old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville school team, Jose finds himself in the spotlight and has the chance to use his skills as he tries to help his team make it to the Texas state finals.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 402 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xiv, 329 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A chess grandmaster reveals the powerful teachings this ancient game offers for staying present, thriving in a complex world, and crafting a fulfilling life. Refined and perfected through 1,500 years of human history, chess has long been a touchstone for shrewd tacticians and master strategists. But the game is much more than just warfare in miniature. Chess is also an ever-shifting puzzle to be solved, a narrative to be written, and a task that demands...
Author
Publisher
Canter Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In April of 2015, a team of 12 middle schoolers--border kids--from South-Central El Paso surprised the country by taking first place in the national chess championships. The 11, 12 and 13-year-old chess players at El Paso ISD's Henderson Middle School largely credit their success to one man: Saul Ramirez, a 30-year-old dad and husband who teaches art at Henderson during the day and coaches the chess team after school. The story of Ramirez and his...
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