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Imprimir Novela de ajedrez Zweig, Stefan CONOCE M S «(...) querer jugar contra uno mismo constituye en ajedrez una paradoja similar a querer saltar sobre la propia sombra . Cuando unos pasajeros descubren que el actual campe n mundial de ajedrez, Mirko Czentovic, est a... Read Full Overview

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Un crucero que cubre la ruta de Nueva York a Buenos Aires es el escenario de una singular partida de ajedrez. El arrogante campe n del mundo, que acude a la capital argentina a defender su t tulo, se enfrenta a un pomposo millonario escoc s y al narrador de la historia. Al unirse... Read Full Overview

Sur un paquebot s'opposent deux champions d' checs que tout s pare: le champion du monde en titre, d'une origine modeste mais tacticien redoutable, et un aristocrate qui n'a pu pratiquer que mentalement, isol dans une ge le priv e pendant l'occupation de l'Autriche par les nazis... Read Full Overview

With no capacity for any other intellectual activity, Mirko Czentovicz revealed himself as a world champion chess genius. But, on a boat trip from New York to Buenos Aires, he is presented with an enigmatic opponent: Mr. B., a Viennese nobleman fleeing from the Nazis. One of... Read Full Overview

Stefan Zweig's posthumously published Chess Story is the tale of a legendary chess match played on an ocean liner leaving Nazi-occupied Europe. The world champion and a man who attained mastery of chess during a harrowing ordeal are locked in a battle that becomes far more... Read Full Overview

Stefan Zweig: Schachnovelle Auf einem Passagierdampfer, auf der Passage von New York nach Buenos Aires, kommt es zu einer au ergew hnlichen Konfrontation: Der amtierende Schachweltmeister Mirko Czentovic, ein derber, unsensibler Mensch, dessen Inselbegabung f r Schach alleine... Read Full Overview