This collection of pen portraits of some of the chess world's most brilliant and tragic figures reveals their remarkable achievements, often gained in the face of hardship and poverty. Each chapter has a short biography, capturing the essence of the person's life and chess playing career, and a sample game showing their style of play. There are descriptions of de la Bourdonnais, Gunsberg, De Vere, Neumann, Petrov, Fischer, Mecking, Carlsen and many more - over 45 players in all. Zhivko Kaikamjozov is a Bulgarian chess master, coach, arbiter and author of 33 books on the game.
Pub. 2008, softback, 224 pages. 


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Treasure Chess is a collection of anecdotes about famous players and games, puzzles and brain teasers, tips and tricks and quotes, jokes and other writings on chess. A fascinating compendium compiled by chess coach and author Bruce Pandolfini.
Pub. 2007, hardback, 273 pages. 


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An historical novel, carefully researched, and based on the life of Savielly Tartakower. The author has used all the biographical material available to him and enriched his novel with incidents and events involving people whom Tartakower could have met, but probably did not.

Tartakower changed nationalities four times, being born Russian and becoming in turn Austrian, Ukrainian, Polish and French. A debonair gambler, poet and wit, he was yet haunted throughout his life by a youthful indiscretion in pre-war Vienna.

He was also a world-class chess master who left a legacy of beautiful play and fascinating accounts of the game. In life inscrutable, half a century after his death some of Tartakower’s mystery can now be fathomed.

David Lovejoy was born in London and educated at Oxford University. As an amateur chess player his highest achievement was the championship of Queensland many years ago. He has written a successful autobiography called Between Dark and Dark.
Pub. 2008, softback, 285 pages. 


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Instead of being sent off to World War II in 1943, Bill Hook ended up in hospital for 15 months with tuberculosis. It was here that the 18 year old learned to play chess. Upon his release Hook headed for New York's legendary chess club "Fisher's" where, for the next 25 years, he witnessed a motly crowd of hustlers, amateurs and celebrities such as Marcel Duchamp and Stanley Kubrick. With a keen eye for detail Bill Hook portrays these lesser chess gods and more famous champions such as Miguel Najdorf and Bobby Fischer.

After he had a second home built in the British Virgin Islands, Hook began to represent them at chess and has played in a record 14 Chess Olympiads. Drawing from his deep well of memories Bill Hook describes, in vivid detail, his life, with chess, gambling and painting, as well as the many fascinating personalities he has met along the way. Pub. 2008, softback, 191 pages. Read reviews of this book


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Grandmaster, author and chess columnist Larry Evans gives a blow by blow account of some of the scandals and political machinations that go on behind the scenes in the world of international chess. In a series of 101 articles on subjects ranging from Fischer to FIDE, Kasparov, Deep Blue and a host of other controversial subjects, he exposes the often murky goings on in the chess world. Humour, instruction, intrigue, conspiracy and scandal fill the pages of the wonderfully entertaining book!
Pub. 2008, softback, 192 pages. 


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