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Humor in Chess
2007, 168 Seiten, kartoniert, english
The game of chess is no laughing matter...
Except, in this book!
It doesn't matter if it was the 19th century or the present one, chess players are not always serious. In fact, sometimes things just get weird. From the loud-mouthed kibitzer to the guy with sticky stuff on his chess pieces, the personality types that dot the chess scene from the unusual side of chess. Former world champion Boris Spassky believes that Viktor Korchnoi has every necessary quality to become the chess champion of the world except one thing... World correspondence champion Cecil Purdy was really a high-caliber chess humorist in disguise. Mikhail Tal, another world champion, gave the funniest impromptu interviews. Master Brian Wall claims he has found the ultimate winning chess opening - Fischer could have been beaten... The late Ukrainian/American grandmaster Eduard Gufeld collaborated by offering several dozen spicy bits of chess humour from his giant collection. Author Ralph Tykodi added his own touch with six stories of his own on one of the world´s favourite pastimes, the Royal Game of Chess.
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