The King: Chess Pieces
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- Synopsis
- THE KING spans a writing career of more than thirty years during which Donner slowly developed from chess player-writer into writer-chess player.Donner's favourite themes are: Bobby Fischer, the blunder, chess as a game of luck, why women can't play chess, madness, and poor Lodewijk Prins, his rival for the Dutch National Championship for many years, who, according to Donner, "couldn't tell a bishop from a knight."'THE KING' is a book full of insults and ironies, but Donner wouldn't be Donner without a considerable amount of self-mockery."After I resigned the last game with perfect self-controland solemnly shook hands with my opponent in the bestof Anglo-Saxon traditions, I rushed home where I threwmyself onto my bed, howling and screaming, and pulledthe blankets over my face."
- Copyright:
- 2020
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 392 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9789056919252
- Related ISBNs:
- 9789056911713
- Publisher:
- New In Chess
- Date of Addition:
- 11/18/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Erven J.H. Donner
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.