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Author:

Chapin, Sasha, author.

Title:

All the wrong moves : a memoir about chess, love, and ruining everything / Sasha Chapin.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

217 pages ; 20 cm

Subject:

Chapin, Sasha.
Chapin, Sasha--Travel.
Chess players--Canada--Biography.
Chess--Tournaments.
Autobiographies.

Contents:

The beach. The Pawnishers -- One night in Bangkok -- A puzzle without a solution -- No Macs -- Rough Gus -- The secret of chess -- I'd hate to be God right now, because he sees everything -- Dreams die in California -- The beach.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0385545177
9780385545174

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1086414246

LCCN:

2019000510

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)