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Chess

By Stefan Zweig

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
Year
2006
ISBN
0141965061, 9780141965062
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
322 kB (329383 bytes)
Pages
84\31
Time added
2020-06-26 15:05:05

Description

On a cruiseship bound for Buenos Aires, a wealthy passenger challenges the world chess champion to a match. He accepts with a sneer. He will beat anyone, he says. But only if the stakes are high. Soon, the chess board is surrounded. At first, the challenger crumbles before the mind of the master. But then, a soft-spoken voice from the crowd begins to whisper nervous suggestions. Perfect moves, brilliant predictions. The speaker has not played a game for more than twenty years, he says. He is wholly unknown. But somehow, he is also entirely formidable… Cover About the Author Title Page Copyright Page Chess

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