Birth of the Chess Queen: A History

Everyone knows that the queen is the most dominant piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. It wasn't until chess became a popular pastime for European royals during the Middle Ages that the queen was born and was gradually empowered to become the king's fierce warrior and protector.

Birth of the Chess Queen examines the five centuries between the chess queen's timid emergence in the early days of the Holy Roman Empire to her elevation during the reign of Isabel of Castile. Marilyn Yalom, inspired by a handful of surviving medieval chess queens, traces their origin and spread from Spain, Italy, and Germany to France, England, Scandinavia, and Russia. In a lively and engaging historical investigation, Yalom draws parallels between the rise of the chess queen and the ascent of female sovereigns in Europe, presenting a layered, fascinating history of medieval courts and internal struggles for power.

Birth of the Chess Queen: A History

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52 Great Backgammon Tips: At Home, Tournament and Online

This latest addition to the bestselling 52 Great Tips series features backgammon—the centuries-old game whose popularity is exploding today, thanks to exciting new opportunities to play online. Starting with the basic rules, Michael Crane, a leading British player, explains everything both beginners and advanced competitors need to know. He shows the newcomer that what looks at first like a simple game of chance offers deep strategic challenges. And for the reader who learns how to calculate the odds, he offers winning advice on the best ways to handle different situations on the board. The tips (some of them contributed by other international players) cover everything from the opening moves to the subtleties of using the doubling cube.

52 Great Backgammon Tips: At Home, Tournament and Online

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Backgammon - The Action Game

Backgammon - The Action Game

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Better Backgammon

Better Backgammon

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Backgammon The Quick Course to Winning Play

Backgammon The Quick Course to Winning Play

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Atherma Flious - Fleius: Ancient Greek Board Games (Greek Edition)

There is not a single being on this earth that has not played with some game at various stages of his/her life (from infancy right up to old age). There are very simple games and complicated games which train the body, the emotions, the brain or the intellect. This research analytically presents the whole structure of games and common archetypal elements that games contain in every population all over the world, which originated from the ancient Greek and European culture, especially of the ancient Greek philosophy about the way of creating of writing and ancient board games in the region of Flious - Fleius.

Atherma Flious - Fleius: Ancient Greek Board Games (Greek Edition)

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Backgammon, the modern game

Backgammon, the modern game

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