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• The Queen's Gambit

  Tevis, Walter S.

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  Walter Tevis said this book was “a tribute to brainy women.” The Netflix series of the same name is based on this book. Beth Harmon is a genius and a boss. Even as a kid she could play chess in her head by visualizing the chess board. The Queen's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• May the Best Player Win

  Zhao, Kyla

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  From Bibliocommons: "When twelve-year-old chess player May Li wins an award for being the top female player at the state championship, the boys on her team question her skills, so May makes a bet with a teammate that she can earn the board-one spot…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Check & Mate

  Hazelwood, Ali

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  The Queen of STEAMy Romance (Ali Hazelwood) takes on chess! This is a swoon-worthy love story between two genius chess players who play against each other. Mallory (in her words) wipes the floor with Nolan the first time they play, even though he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Queen of Katwe

  a Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster

  Crothers, Tim

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  This book is nonfiction. From Bibliocommons: "Traces the story of a Ugandan teen who was introduced to chess by a missionary mentor and struggled to overcome formidable levels of poverty to become her country's national champion."

• Elsa's Chessboard

  Andrus, Jenny Gewing, 1958-

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  This is a picture book. From Bibliocommons:"A woman's passion for chess endures from her childhood in Vienna through her emigration to San Francisco as a Jewish refugee of WWII. Based on the life of the author's grandmother, Elsa Konstandt Weisz"--

• Through the Looking-glass

  Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

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  Alice (from Alice in Wonderland) finds herself in a country designed like a chess board, and is invited to play by the Red Queen. “I declare it’s marked out just like a large chessboard!” Alice said at last. “There ought to be some men moving about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Queen of Chess

  How Judit Polgár Changed the Game

  Wallmark, Laurie

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  Publisher Annotation: This is the true story of how Judit Polgár captivated the world as she battled to become the youngest chess grandmaster in history!

• The Last Checkmate

  a Novel

  Saab, Gabriella

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  From Bibliocommons: "Vowing to avenge the murder of her family, Maria, a young Polish resistance worker imprisoned in Auschwitz, plays chess in exchange for her life, and, in doing so, challenges the man who destroyed her family to one last game…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Focused

  Gerber, Alyson

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  From Bibliocommons: "Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Queen To Play

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  This is a French film dubbed in English. It's an excellent film about a working-class woman who discovers she has a talent for chess, and how chess transforms her life.

• Queen of Katwe

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  This is a movie adaptation of the book of the same name mentioned earlier in the list. It also features Lupita Nyong'o!

• Glory To the Queen: Four Women from Georgia That Revolutionized Chess

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