Chess Queens av Jennifer Shahade

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<P><B>''Like <I>The Queen''s Gambit</I>, this isn''t really about chess, but power''</B><br><B><I>Sunday Times</I></B><br><B><br> What does it take to make it to the top of your game?</B><br><br> As a chess champion, Jennifer Shahade has travelled the world playing major tournaments. At the top, she finds rivalry and friendship; sexism and feminism; ecstatic highs and excruciating losses.<br><br><I>Chess Queens</I> invites us behind the scenes of this ultra male-dominated sport. We meet today''s elite, as well as the pioneering female players in history who fought against the odds to get to the top.<br><br> An essential guide for all aspiring chess queens, Jennifer''s story reveals what it takes to break through the glass ceiling.<br><br><br><B>''Jennifer Shahade is a brilliant, insightful thinker who never fails to entertain and engage''</B><br><B>Maria Konnikova</B><br><B><br> ''An astoundingly intimate, thoughtful and inspirational book by a person who has seen it all from the insid