Birth of the chess queen : a history / Marilyn Yalom.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yalom, Marilyn
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Perennial, 2005.
Edition:First Perennial edition.
Subjects:
Queen (Chess) > History.
Chess > History.
Queens > History.
Physical Description:xxiii, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Chess before the chess queen
  • Enter the queen!
  • Chess queen shows her face
  • Chess and queenship in Christian Spain
  • Chess moralities in Italy and Germany
  • Chess goes to France and England
  • Chess and the cult of the virgin Mary
  • Chess and the cult of love
  • Nordic queens, on and off the board
  • Chess and women in old Russia
  • New chess and Isabella of Castile
  • Rise of "queen's chess"
  • Decline of women players.