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The Immortal Game

A History of Chess

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The Immortal Game

Yazan: David Shenk
Seslendiren: John H. Mayer
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A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over.

Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched? What is it about its thirty-two figurative pieces, moving about its sixty-four black and white squares according to very simple rules, that has captivated people for nearly 1,500 years? Why has it driven some of its greatest players into paranoia and madness, and yet is hailed as a remarkably powerful educational tool?

Nearly everyone has played chess at some point in their lives. Its rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society including military strategy, mathematics, artificial intelligence, literature, and the arts. It has been condemned as the devil’s game by popes, rabbis, and imams, and lauded as a guide to proper living by different popes, rabbis, and imams.

In his wide-ranging and ever fascinating examination of chess, David Shenk gleefully unearths the hidden history of a game that seems so simple yet contains infinity. From its invention somewhere in India around 500 A.D., to its enthusiastic adoption by the Persians and its spread by Islamic warriors, to its remarkable use as a moral guide in the Middle Ages and its political utility in the Enlightenment, to its crucial importance in the birth of cognitive science and its key role in the new aesthetic of modernism in 20th century art, to its 21st century importance to the development of artificial intelligence and use as a teaching tool in inner-city America, chess has been a remarkably omnipresent factor in the development of civilization.

Indeed as Shenk shows, some neuroscientists believe that playing chess may actually alter the structure of the brain, that it may for individuals be what it has been for civilization: a virus that makes us smarter.©2006 David Shenk; (P)2006 Books on Tape Satranç Social Sciences World Oyun Yapay Zeka Emperyalizm Orta Çağ Ortadoğu Bilgisayar Bilimi İran
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...and will no doubt listen to it again. Superbly written and narrated. Highly recommended if you have any interest in chess.
Edit (2025): Four times now, and I still love it! Sadly (but not unexpectedly in this fractured world), Simpson's on The Strand has now permanently closed :(

I've listened to this book three times now...

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Even if you don't play chess, you will enjoy this. No lessons, advice or any of that.
It is about the history of the game and its relationship with humans, and occasionally gives insight into non-chess related history.

Interesting and easy listen

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The immortal game is the perfect concise chess history; for those that find Murray's approx. 1000 page history a bit much, Shenk does a great job at focusing on the key elements. The way he is injects the moves of the Immortal game into the narrative keeps it extremely engaging. The final chapters go into areas such as chess and art, chess and technology. Brilliantly narrated.

Fascinating Chess History and Discussion

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I don’t usually write audible reviews but, I absolutely loved this book, I found it very informative and it was a unique way of capturing some of the key moments in chess history by using the Immortal Game as a centre piece. The narrator was really good too, definitely captured the voice of the author.
As soon as it ended I wanted to listen to it again, there’s just so much in it that I know I’d hear new information the second time around.

Rich and insightful

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You would imagine that an audio book about chess is not easy to either devise or listen to. I thought that too until I downloaded The Immortal Game. I have returned to chess recently after playing the game in my youth. I have never been that good but have always loved playing. I wanted to find more about the history of the game and my interest was piqued when I saw this. I was amazed to hear how far back it actually goes (over 1,000 years) and that most of the great world leaders and thinkers have played to varying degrees of success. It is astonishing to think that today we can study games that happened hundreds of years ago and analyse the moves and the thought processes of the great players. The story is told against the backdrop of what is known as the "Immortal Game" which occurred in London played by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky on 21 June 1851. It was not even part of a major tournament but it has been studied over the ages and shows that victory can be snatched from the jaws of defeat by strategic thinking and outwitting your opponent by placing them in a false sense of security about their position on the board.
The book also tells of the destructive power of chess and how it has enveloped the minds of several high profile players such as Bobby Fischer and serves as a cautionary tale to those who become too absorbed in the game. The power of chess, it seems, has a dark side.

Excellent story of the power of chess

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