Overview

‘A Chessplayer’s Pot-Pourri’ offers engaging reading material for chess enthusiasts searching for some light-hearted enjoyment relating to the fascinating board game. This many-faceted book presents readers with intriguing insights and amusing anecdotes reflecting the ideas and experiences of chess players from all ability levels. Included are authoritative articles, challenging chess positions, humorous dialogues, interesting historical content and surprising fictional stories. In similar ways to its successful forerunner ‘Chessreading Treasure’ and the almost completed ‘Chesslover’s Anthology’ this present book is destined to span the literary gap between easy-going fun and serious game analysis.

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Author:   Wilf Holloway
Publisher:   The Conrad Press
Imprint:   The Conrad Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 19.80cm
ISBN:  

9781916966246

ISBN 10:   1916966241
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   23 April 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Classification Dedication 3 About the Author 4 Inspirational Introduction 5 Board One - Sharply Shorter (not quite so lengthy general articles) 1.1 - Earliest World Champions Completing the accepted list 10 1.2 - Nigel’s Short King Walk A description of that ‘hike’ 14 1.3 - Bobby’s Biggest Blunder More on that bishop loss 17 1.4 - Chess Cheats! Abnormal sportsmanship 22 1.5 - Interesting Inserts Very short anecdotes 25 1.6 - Surprising Starts Especially those first moves 45 1.7 - Monotonous Moments Examples of the opposite! 48 1.8 - Necessary Notation History and comments 51 1.9 - Stupendous Starts! Short game explanations 55 Board Two - Hopefully Humorous (a mixture of jokes, satire and amusing anecdotes) 2.1 - Youthful Memoirs Early chess memories 59 2.1 - Funny Facts Amusing short anecdotes 70 2.3 - Doubtful Dialogues Half-imagined chats 79 2.4 - Joke Jamboree Descriptive chess jokes 84 Board Three - Lavishly Long (general articles and longer discussions) 3.1 - Classical Quotations Fascinating quotations 90 3.2 - Göttingen’s Glamour The world’s first chess book 99 3.3 - Beautiful Balance Everything incredibly even 114 3.4 - Pawn Power! Studying their place 144 Board Four - Illustrious Illustrations (diagrams and pictures with impelling questions) 4.1 - Picture Puzzles Some unusual illustrations 153 4.2 - Famous Fights Questions on big games 162 4.3 - Dastardly Diagrams! Interesting challenges 172 Board Five - Analytical Aspects (special articles with scientific insights) 5.1 - Kasparov King? Praise and Information 181 5.2 - Black is Beautiful? Studying White’s worth 185 5.3 - Chess Challenge(r)s World champs insights 195 5.4 - Kasparov Clobbered! Computer psychology stress 200 5.5 - Loving Larissa Help from Spassky’s wife 204 5.6 - Computer Complexities Some aspects to consider 208 5.7 - Fabulous Forecast World champ prophesy 212 Board Six - Fascinating Fiction (intriguing stories involving the world of chess) 6.1 - Oyster from its Shell Ghostly help from the past 227 6.2 - Draw Designation Well-balanced tournament! 235 6.3 - Park Precision Surprising story variations 238 6.4 - Chirpy Charlie Overconfidence error 251 6.5 - Obsessive Loves Man torn between feelings 257

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Wilf Holloway has written two dozen books including famous works on orienteering, collections of fascinating fiction and four unusual novels. He studied Sport, Maths and English in Birmingham and Germany and is an acknowledged expert offering seminars for mental training and motivation in sport. Now retired after over forty years’ teaching, he has two adult children and can look back on school chess teams winning numerous titles.

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