Chess history

Monty Newborn, Charles E. Lieserson, Monroe Newborn  
Usually ships in 24 hours This book offers a detailed account of IBM's Deep Blue chess program, the people who created it, and its historic battles with... [read more]

Marilyn Yalom  

Feng-Hsiung Hsu  
Usually ships in 24 hours Subtitled: "Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion". In nontechnical, conversational prose, Feng-hsiung Hsu, the system architect of Deep Blue, tells... [read more]

Richard Eales  
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National Museums of Scotland  

Gareth Williams   Devoted to the art and design of the individual pieces in a chess set, this full-color book presents examples of the most... [read more]

Colleen Schafroth   Not your typical chess history book, the author explores the history surrounding chess sets and pieces, more than the development of the... [read more]

J. C. Hallman   The Chess Artist is both an intellectual journey and first-rate travel writing dedicated to the love of chess and all of its... [read more]

Horacio Cardo  
Usually ships in 24 hours For grades 3-6. An imagined retelling of the origins of chess. The narrator traces the game to, "a great island that has... [read more]