The Immortal Game: A History of Chess - Shenk "Fantasy Chess Sets" still manage to keep their

still manage to keep their nose in front

The Staunton chess pieces

One advantage of this underrated line is that players with the black pieces are less likely to be familiar with all the subtleties here than in a more mainstream opening

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The Immortal Game: A History of Chess - Shenk "Fantasy Chess Sets" still manage to keep theirChess is the most enduring and universal game in history. Here, bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London in 1851 between two masters of the time, and relays his own attempts to become as skilled as his Polish ancestor Samuel Rosenthal, a nineteenth century