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A Year for Chess [Libros de ajedrez 9788493764500]	17,90EUR

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... like a chess history.

This book has been designed by an exercise of ephemera, like a chess history. The reader will discover the modern evolution of our game since the days of Philidor until today. But the purpose of this work does not end there, because through the games and positions that reproduce, chosen for their strategic and tactical quality of Amen by their beauty, the reader can improve their level before the board, the reader can improve their level at the board At the same time enjoy the skill and art of chess players enshrined.

And, as history textbook which is also discover that Chess is part of everyday life of man, from his invention, and that he lives in his deeds and in their misery, through all that man can create: science, art, literature, religion, war ... It is a certainty that the origin of our current chess lies in an ancient Indian game called "Chaturanga".

At the time of the publication "A year to Chess", the World Champion is, precisely, Viswanathan Anand, an Indian citizen. Contrary to what some say, history does not repeat itself: what is repeated and perpetuated the greatness of human creations. And chess, so we've tried to reflect in the book, is one of those great creations.

Javier Guzman (Cadiz, 1970) is Doctor of History and professor of this discipline. Since 1994 he teaches Ancient History at the University of Cádiz. The scope of their studies, which have been progressively focusing on the analysis of the daily structures of man in its historical development, with a particular interest in cultural events and symbols of leisure, it took several years to the study of history Chess, in which knowledge is an expert, and whose practice is an enthusiastic advocate.

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