This Crazy World Of Chess

Chess has traditionally been associated with insanity. Grandmaster Wilhelm Steinitz was incarcerated in a Moscow asylum where he played a game over an invisible telephone line with God. God Lost. But nothing about the clinically insane matches the machinations of Chess' politics. Grandmaster Evans' book chronicles the bad behavior of the powerful; from the antics of Bobby Fisher, whom he knew intimately, to the absurd motions of FIDE (Chess' governing body), who began testing players for steroids in an effort to bring the game to the Olympics. The bid failed. Testing continues. But wait! There is more: anti-semitism, bribery, blackmail, embezzlement, supression of free speech, and every other kind of evil one can think of to add to this list. Fascinating!

Publisher: Cardoza
Distributor: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 11-06-2007
Pages: 192
Measurements: 8.5in X 5.5in X 12.775oz