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A long-overdue book on the records, from the trivial to monumental, set in the chess world.
2005, 304 Seiten, kartoniert, englisch From the most unfortunate players in chess history to the longest queen moves, and from the longest tournaments to the record time for thinking about the next move, everything is included here – this amusing, entertaining, and often astounding guide is a must for all chess players.
The book aims to fill a gap in chess literature by listing the record holders in numerous aspects of the game. - Games: the shortest and the longest chess games, the most spectacular king marches and knight's tours, the longest sequence of checks and the records for multiple pawn promotions.
- People: Charts meteoric careers and falls from grace, lists some of the luckiest and unluckiest players in history, and reports the chess achievements of famous people from scientists to monarchs, musicians to footballers.
- Tournaments, matches and events: lists the most peaceful and most bloodthirsty contests, the most persistent chess traditions, and those mysterious games that never happened but still appear in magazines and books.
- Around the chequered board: contains a miscellany of chess records, such as records for simultaneous displays and the record number of mistakes in a chess publication.
Packed with entertaining facts and figures, annotated games and biographical details, this book is a must for all chess lovers.
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