Chess Story

Chess Story
Author: Stefan Zweig
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2011-12-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590175603

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Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig’s final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig’s story. This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work’s unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.

Game of Chess and Other Stories

Game of Chess and Other Stories
Author: Stefan Zweig
Publisher: Alma Books
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0714547573

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When it is discovered that the reigning world chess champion, Mirko Czentovic, is on board a cruiser heading for Buenos Aires, a fellow passenger challenges him to a game. Czentovic easily defeats him, but during the rematch a mysterious Austrian, Dr B., intervenes and, to the surprise of everyone, helps the underdog obtain a draw. When, the next day, Dr B. confides in a compatriot travelling on the same ship and decides to reveal the harrowing secret behind his formidable chess knowledge, a chilling tale of imprisonment and psychological torment unfolds.Stefan Zweig's last and most famous story, 'The Game of Chess' was written in exile in Brazil and explores its author's anxieties about the situation in Europe following the rise of the Nazi regime. The tale is presented here in a brand-new translation, along with three of the master storyteller's most acclaimed novellas: 'Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman', 'The Invisible Collection' and 'Incident on Lake Geneva'.

Chess

Chess
Author: Leopold Hoffer
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2012-04-12
Genre:
ISBN:

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A Game of Chess and Other Stories

A Game of Chess and Other Stories
Author: Stefan Zweig
Publisher:
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016
Genre: Chess players
ISBN: 9780714547442

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A Game of Chess and Other Stories: New Translation

A Game of Chess and Other Stories: New Translation
Author: Stefan Zweig
Publisher: Alma Classics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-02-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781847495815

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When it is discovered that the reigning world chess champion, Mirko Czentovic, is on board a cruiser heading for Buenos Aires, a fellow passenger challenges him to a game. Czentovic easily defeats him, but during the rematch a mysterious Austrian, Dr B., intervenes and, to the surprise of everyone, helps the underdog obtain a draw. When, the next day, Dr B. confides in a compatriot travelling on the same ship and decides to reveal the harrowing secret behind his formidable chess knowledge, a chilling tale of imprisonment and psychological torment unfolds. Stefan Zweig's last and most famous story, 'A Game of Chess' was written in exile in Brazil and explores its author's anxieties about the situation in Europe following the rise of the Nazi regime. The tale is presented here in a brand-new translation, along with three of the master storyteller's most acclaimed novellas: Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman, The Invisible Collection and Incident on Lake Geneva.

The Royal Game and Other Stories

The Royal Game and Other Stories
Author: Stefan Zweig
Publisher: Plume
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1983-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780525480693

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This collection of short stories by a major German writer of the twentieth century includes Fear, Amok, The Burning Secret, The Royal Game, and Letter From an Unknown Woman

The Chess Kid's Book of the King and Pawn Endgame

The Chess Kid's Book of the King and Pawn Endgame
Author: David Macenulty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780812935103

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The chess endgame begins when the Kings come out to play. The outcome of a game can come down to who knows more about Kings and Pawns -- you, or your opponent. To win, you need to understand the positions that will give you the best winning chances. Book jacket.

SUMMARY - The Royal Game & Other Stories By Stefan Zweig

SUMMARY - The Royal Game & Other Stories By Stefan Zweig
Author: Shortcut Edition
Publisher: Shortcut Edition
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2021-06-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. By reading this summary, you will learn what interests you in identifying and cultivating your gifts. You will also learn: that your talents reveal part of your individuality; that strengthening your faculties gives you the opportunity to accomplish yourself; that by perfecting his chess skills, the main character has sharpened his intelligence and learned to better control his emotions; that by devoting yourself to your passion, you can overcome moral trials. Published posthumously in 1943, Stefan Zweig's short story The Chess Player relates the meeting and confrontation of two chess players who are at odds with each other. One is a peasant who has become a world champion thanks to his skill at chess, the only talent he possesses. The other is an Austrian aristocrat, whom the Gestapo officers have subjected to total isolation in a hotel room. To resist this psychological torture, he played mental chess games. Despite their different backgrounds, each of them benefited from exploiting their talent. What benefits can you gain from your passion? *Buy now the summary of this book for the modest price of a cup of coffee!

The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories

The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories
Author: Arnold Denker
Publisher: Ishi Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2008-06
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9780923891435

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Grandmaster Arnold Denker - the Dean of American Chess, U. S. chess champion from 1944 to 1946, was the Runyonesque chronicler of the "guys and dolls" of the New York chess scene of the 1930s, and the man who treated personal friendship as a high art. No one meeting Arnold for the first time, however briefly, could doubt how he played the games of chess and life. You could see it. In his athletic build, in his well-tailored elegance, in how he chomped into one of his favorite, five-inch thick hot pastrami sandwiches at the old Applebaum's on New York's 7th Avenue - or, most impressively, in the way he crossed a street. For Grandmaster Denker did not just cross a street, he attacked it as he would an opponent's king. GM Denker played chess the way he crossed that street. His goal was nearly always to cross the center of the board on the way to his opponent's king. Some of his sorties were wing-and-prayer affairs, and they famously crashed. However, many of his tempestuous attacks, with their slashing assaults against enemy kings, did reach the other side of the board, producing victories and draws against the greatest players of his time.

Queen of the Chess Cult and Other Stories

Queen of the Chess Cult and Other Stories
Author: Stephen Leary
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2014-08-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781500733278

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This collection of short stories focuses on the game of chess as a symbol of an incomprehensible world, a means of communication beyond language, an unreachable ideal, a trap, a disease, a salvation. The stories in this baker's dozen are literary, hallucinatory, and mystifying, resisting easy conclusions or explanations. Lovers of writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jorge Luis Borges may find something of interest in this collection.