[PDF] Chess Story eBook

Author : Stefan Zweig
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1590175603

GET BOOK

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig’s final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig’s story. This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work’s unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.

Author : Stefan Zweig
Publisher : Re-Image Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 20,7 MB
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3962172777

GET BOOK

On a cruise ship bound for Buenos Aires, an electifying encounter takes place between the reigning world chess champion and an unknown passenger. The stranger's diffident manner masks his extraordinary ability to challenge the grandmaster in a game of chess; it also conceals his dark and damaged past, the horror of which emerges as the game unfolds.

Author : Donald Boone
Publisher : Donald Loyd Boone
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 2011-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1882896270

GET BOOK

In this book you will read stories from the past. Historical knowledge is the basis for these tales. Stories about spies, the Evan’s Gambit, the Knight’s tour, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Over eighty stories in all. Each of some interest to the chess player.

Author : Stefan Zweig
Publisher : Pushkin Collection
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,60 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9781782270119

GET BOOK

Chess world champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven to insanity during Nazi imprisonment by the chess games in his imagination. But in agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay?

Author : Stefan Zweig
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 38,98 MB
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1782278273

GET BOOK

THE CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A new edition of this classic Zweig story - an epic chess match on a translatlantic liner during WW2 unearths a story of persecution and obsession On the deck of a transatlantic ocean liner, a crowd of passengers gathers to watch reigning chess world champion Mirko Czentovic take on a series of amateur challengers. The haughty grandmaster dispatches all of his opponents with ease, until one Dr B steps forward from the crowd - a passionate lover of the royal game who still bears the mental scars of imprisonment by the Nazis in his native Austria. The enigmatic genius reluctantly agrees to challenge Czentovic, but at what cost to his sanity? Written during the Second World War, The Royal Game was the great Stefan Zweig's final work - a searing, suspenseful tale of psychological torment and the price of obsession.

Author : Zweig Stefan
Publisher : Lebooks Editora
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,81 MB
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 655894264X

GET BOOK

Stefan Zweig was born on November 28, 1881, in Vienna and is one of the most important European authors of the first half of the 20th century. Jewish, he was persecuted by the Nazis and forced into exile. His final residence was in Brazil, where he met a tragic end. A versatile writer, Zweig dedicated himself to almost all literary activities but became famous mainly for his novellas, many of which were translated into various languages ​​and adapted for the theater and cinema. In total, 56 of his works were brought to the screen, which helped to expand his notoriety. In this work, the reader will get to know the immense talent and creativity of Stefan Zweig through two of his most famous novellas: "Chess" and "24 Hours in the Life of a Woman."

Author : Stefan Zweig
Publisher : Alma Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,22 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0714547573

GET BOOK

When it is discovered that the reigning world chess champion, Mirko Czentovic, is on board a cruiser heading for Buenos Aires, a fellow passenger challenges him to a game. Czentovic easily defeats him, but during the rematch a mysterious Austrian, Dr B., intervenes and, to the surprise of everyone, helps the underdog obtain a draw. When, the next day, Dr B. confides in a compatriot travelling on the same ship and decides to reveal the harrowing secret behind his formidable chess knowledge, a chilling tale of imprisonment and psychological torment unfolds.Stefan Zweig's last and most famous story, 'The Game of Chess' was written in exile in Brazil and explores its author's anxieties about the situation in Europe following the rise of the Nazi regime. The tale is presented here in a brand-new translation, along with three of the master storyteller's most acclaimed novellas: 'Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Woman', 'The Invisible Collection' and 'Incident on Lake Geneva'.