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THE QUEEN OF KATWE, by Tim Crothers

January 19, 2013

INSPIRING TRUE STORY of a young prodigy and her chess coach, both from one of Uganda’s most impoverished slums.

Grade: SOLID B

THE QUEEN OF KATWE: A STORY OF LIFE, CHESS, AND ONE EXTRAORDINARY GIRL'S DREAM OF BECOMING A GRANDMASTER
Scribner
2012

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ENDGAME: BOBBY FISCHER’S REMARKABLE RISE AND FALL, by Frank Brady

May 7, 2011

THOUGHTFUL BIOGRAPHY of the complex and troubled chess prodigy Bobby Fischer combines sympathy with insight.

Grade: B PLUS

ENDGAME: BOBBY FISCHER'S REMARKABLE RISE AND FALL -- FROM AMERICA'S BRIGHTEST PRODIGY TO THE EDGE OF MADNESS
Crown
2011

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