The Immortal Game A History of Chess Or how 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science, and the Human Brain

A fascinating history of chess explains how the game, its rules, and its pieces have had a profound influence on military strategy, literature, the arts, mathematics, the development of artificial intelligence, and other fields, from its origins in India around A.D. 500 to the present day. 60,000 first printing.