Descripción

Did You Come Here To Play Chess Or To Have Fun? Dana Mackenzie celebrates the joy of chess – the ordinary, everyday chess we amateurs play. For this book, he has selected forty of his

favorite posts from his award-winning chess blog, including a diverse mix of stories, philosophical musings, chess improvement tips, and game analysis.

Dana Mackenzie

In each story, the fun leaps off the page. We attend club nights, team tournaments, and state championships. We enjoy the company of famous and not-so-famous chess personalities. You will

read about the Hook and Ladder Trick and Dana’s personal favorite opening, the Bryntse Gambit, presented here with analysis found nowhere else.

Did You Come Here To Play Chess Or To Have Fun?

A special chapter is devoted to Mike Splane’s invitation-only chess parties, a monthly ‘meeting of the minds’ for masters and aspiring masters in the San Francisco Bay Area. There was no

resting on one’s laurels in this crowd. No matter how well you thought you played, you could expect some tough questions and spirited disagreements.The book continues in the spirit of the

blog, preserving a dialogue between author and reader that is rarely found in other chess books, or any books for that matter.

And other tales from ‘Dana blogs chess’

This book presents forty selected posts (many newly edited and revised) from his blog, which was named ‘Best Chess Blog of 2021’ by the Chess Journalists of America.

 Did you come here to Play chess