Queen's gambit
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Random House, [1983].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Vinage Contemporaries Edition, Februrary 2003.
Physical Desc:
243 pages ; 20cm
Status:
Description
Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become national champion and to play the world grandmasters
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0394528018, 9781400030606
Notes
Description
Beth Harmon becomes an orphan when her parents are killed in an automobile accident. At eight years old, she is placed in an orphanage in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, where the children are given tranquilizers twice a day. Plain and shy, she learns to play chess from the janitor in the basement and discovers she is a chess genius. Penniless and desperate to learn more, she steals a chess magazine and enough money to enter a chess tournament. She also steals some of her foster mother's tranquilizers to which she is becoming addicted. At thirteen she wins the Chess Tournament. By the age of sixteen she is competing in the U.S. Open Championship and, like Fast Eddie, she hates to lose. By eighteen she is the U.S. Champion. Then she goes to Russia to face the Russians . Fast-paced and elegantly written, The Queen's Gambit is a thriller masquerading as a chess novel one that's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. "The Queen's Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years for the pure pleasure and skill of it." Michael Ondaatje
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APA Citation (style guide)
Tevis, W. S. (1983). Queen's gambit. First Vinage Contemporaries Edition, Februrary 2003. New York, Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Tevis, Walter S. 1983. Queen's Gambit. New York, Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Tevis, Walter S, Queen's Gambit. New York, Random House, 1983.
MLA Citation (style guide)Tevis, Walter S. Queen's Gambit. First Vinage Contemporaries Edition, Februrary 2003. New York, Random House, 1983.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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