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The Chess Companion

Irving Chernev

Respected and well-known chess writer Irving Chernev shares stories of the game of chess and its greatest players, complete with games, problems, epigrams, and advice.

One of America’s best-known authors of chess instruction books has culled his favorite and funniest anecdotes concerning the game.

The Chess Companion shares stories and profiles of players that will interest chess players of all ages and levels. With tips, advice, and diagrams filing the second half of the book, Chernev has put together a piece of chess literature touching on every part of the game.

GenresChess

286 pages

English edition · First published 1973 by Simon and Schuster · ISBN 9780671201043

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