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Checkmate!<\/em><\/strong> has all the excitement a chess fan could want, from world champions, to history’s most famous matches, to the role of chess in society. This volume begins by retracing the history of chess through 16 players who have been officially recognised as the greatest world champions-looking at their lives and contributions to the game. The following section describes the most iconic matches, either because of their intensity, the players’ fierce rivalry, or the political conflict between countries, as in the famous match between Russian Boris Spassky and American Bobby Fischer during the Cold War. The final chapter looks at the modern-day chess scene and the rise of artificial intelligence in chess games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This volume begins by retracing the history of chess through 16 players who have been officially recognised as the greatest world champions-looking at their lives and contributions to the game.
Introduction 4
\nThe World Chess Champions 10
\nWilhelm Steinitz 12
\nEmanuel Lasker 20
\nJose Capablanca 28
\nAlexander Alekhine 36
\nMax Euwe 44
\nMikhail Botvinnik 52
\nVasily Smyslov 60
\nMikhail Tal 68
\nTigran Petrosian 76
\nBoris Spassky 84
\nBobby Fischer 92
\nAnatoly Karpov 102
\nGarry Kasparov 110
\nVladimir Kramnik 118
\nViswanathan Anand 126
\nMagnus Carlsen 134
\nQueen’s Gambit 144
\nVera Menchik 146
\nNona Gaprindashvili 154
\nJudit Polgar 160
\nGreat Matches 168
\nFischer vs Spassky
\n“The Match of the Century”—1972 170
\nKarpov vs Korchnoi
\n“The Battle of Baguio”—1978 178
\nKarpov vs Kasparov
\n“The Moscow Winter”—1984\/5 184
\nFire at the Chessboard! 190
\nEpilogue 204
\nBibliography,
\nPhoto Credits 206<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46427,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21064],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46426","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-sport-recreation","7":"author-by-author-ben-graff","8":"publisher-white-star","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCheckmate! - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Checkmate!, Pages: 208 Pages, Publish Date: 17th Oct 2023, Author: Ben Graff, ISBN: 9788854418691. 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