{"product_id":"fifty-shades-of-ray-raymond-keene-9781843822295","title":"Fifty Shades of Ray: Chess in the year of the Coronavirus Pandemic","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by both Daniel Defoe's 'A Journal of the Plague Year' (1722) and 'The King', an anthology of the witty and provocative chess columns of the Dutch Grandmaster, Jan Hein Donner, Ray Keene here collects his thoughts and writings on the year 2020 - both in chess and the wider world. His reflections include the impact of Covid-19 on the popularity of chess, the remarkable influence of the Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit', the growing army of teenage Grandmasters, the online pivot of chess competition and the emergence of chess entrepreneurs, such as World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura.. Like Donner, Ray uses chess as a metaphor for observations on art, culture and civilisation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Keene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843822296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843822295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardinge Simpole Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Raymond Keene","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46094212595967,"sku":"9781843822295","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b03c690-3c9b-4dba-90a3-7e0d9fb40898.jpg?v=1724844011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fifty-shades-of-ray-raymond-keene-9781843822295","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}