This story reveals much about the obsessiveness involved in the international game of chess. Bobby Fischer and his father were drawn into the bizarre world of Manhattan's seedy chess parlours and Park Square in Washington where chess fanatics sleep rough and hustle for two-dollar games. By contrast, Soviet chess players are feted like filmstars and the author unveils the anti-Semitism, political blackmail and drug-taking behind the Soviet chess establishment.
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Höhe: 240 mm
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978-0-370-31317-7 (9780370313177)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Fathering a chess prodigy; Fischer's legacy; Washington Square; Bruce Pandolfini; the greater New York Open; training for Moscow; the Hall of Columns; Mark Dvoretsky; Volodja; the pressroom; not closed for repairs; Boris Gulko; the chess shop; Josh and Bruce; playing for the title; the championship of Bimini; losing it; a chess fan's notes; chess parents; Roman; searching for Bobby Fischer; the Nationals.
