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May the Best Player Win | Kyla Zhao | Interview with the author! 🎙️♟️📖

May the Best Player Win | Kyla Zhao | Interview with the author! 🎙️♟️📖

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#interview #bookreview 

Today, Kyla Zhao gave an interview, we had a conversation about her new book, chess, some of the themes in the story, and more. Check it out!

A couple of weeks ago, May the Best Player Win, a new chess novel for young readers was released for sale, and I also published my in depth book review. My TL;DR summary:

This lovely short novel is easy to enjoy and easy to read for chess players young and old. Chess ideas and descriptions are sprinkled like delightful crumbs in the narrative (“I recognised that reference!”), and yet the story remains accessible to readers who aren’t players. Zhao weaves into the narrative serious themes of the impact on young people from cultural norms, and internalising behaviours and thoughts, in the context of performance, gender, and expectations. This is an easy book to recommend. I give it a solid 7 ½ out of 10! 🤩👍

May the Best Player Win is available in hardcover, eBook, and audiobook from many book vendors including Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and others

Hi!  I'm vitualis, the chess noob (aka chessnoob64), and I run the "Adventures of a Chess Noob" YouTube channel and blog.  I'm learning and having fun with chess! 

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