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While the plot ebbs and flows, the central desire to know more, to reach further than anyone has before you, is very relatable—Kuang is a master at work building a topsy-turvy chessboard for readers to play with.
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Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
The National Guard ⬆ For much of the past year, National Guard units have been pawns on a chessboard, taunted by protesters.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The setup is excellent, and Johnson dresses up his world and his characters like his own personal chessboard.
—Adam Graham, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Soon, the guards gave the men a chessboard.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
The National Guard ⬆ For much of the past year, National Guard units have been pawns on a chessboard, taunted by protesters.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The setup is excellent, and Johnson dresses up his world and his characters like his own personal chessboard.
—Adam Graham, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
Soon, the guards gave the men a chessboard.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Chessboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chessboard. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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