Chess Queens: The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time

What does it take to make it to the top of your game?
 
 
As a chess champion, Jennifer Shahade has travelled the world playing major tournaments. At the top, she finds rivalry and friendship; sexism and feminism; ecstatic highs and excruciating losses.
 
 
Chess Queens invites us behind the scenes of this ultra male-dominated sport. We meet today's elite, as well as the pioneering female players in history who fought against the odds to get to the top.
 
 
An essential guide for all aspiring chess queens, Jennifer's story reveals what it takes to break through the glass ceiling.

Paperback / softback  B-format paperback  (Text (eye-readable))  400pp  h196mm  x  w128mm  x s28mm  280g 

ISBN13: 9781399701389