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King's Gambit: A Son, A Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game

By Paul Hoffman

Book information

Publisher
Hyperion
Year
2007
ISBN
1401300979, 9781401300975
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
969 kB (992457 bytes)
Edition
annotated edition
Pages
448\0
Time added
2014-05-09 17:45:01

Description

As a young man, Paul Hoffman was a brilliant chess player . . . until the pressures of competition drove him to the brink of madness.In King's Gambit, he interweaves a gripping overview of the history of the game and an in-depth look at the state of modern chess into the story of his own attempt to get his game back up to master level--without losing his mind. It's also a father and son story, as Hoffman grapples with the bizarre legacy of his own dad, who haunts Hoffman's game and life.

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