Bobby Fischer Goes to War (eBook)

DAVID EDMONDS, John Eidinow (Autoren)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
320 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-28294-4 (ISBN)

Infos

PERFECT FOR FANS OF NETFLIX'S THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT 'Gripping.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Pure drama.' INDEPENDENT 'Compelling.' NEW YORK TIMES Bobby Fischer Goes to War by David Edmonds and John Eidinow details the occasion when Bobby Fischer met Boris Spassky in one of the most thrilling and politically charged chess matches of all time. For decades, the USSR had dominated world chess. Evidence, according to Moscow, of the superiority of the Soviet system. But in 1972 along came the American, Bobby Fischer: insolent, arrogant, abusive, vain, greedy, vulgar, bigoted, paranoid and obsessive - and apparently unstoppable. Against him was Boris Spassky: complex, sensitive, the most un-Soviet of champions. As the authors reveal, when Spassky began to lose, the KGB decided to step in. . .

David Edmonds is a senior research associate at Oxford's Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and a multi-award winning radio producer for the BBC World Service. He co-founded the popular philosophy podcast Philosophy Bites with Nigel Warburton and has published several titles associated with that podcast, along with his works co-authored with John Eidinow. John Eidinow was a presenter/interviewer for BBC Radio 4 and World Service radio, working in news and current affairs and making documentaries on historical and contemporary issues. He has published three books with his co-author David Edmonds, and one - Another Day, alone. Their co-authored books are the best-selling Wittgenstein's Poker (2001), which was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award and translated into over thirty languages, Bobby Fischer Goes to War (2004), which was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize. Their most recent work is Rousseau's Dog (2006).

Rezensionen

'[An] expertly researched, forensically reconstructed story.'

'[Edmonds and Eidinow's] research is thorough and brings to light much that is new, especially on the Soviet side. Their prose is brisk and readable and they have a good grasp both of the chess context and of the historical background. This is an excellent book, and you do not need to play chess to enjoy it.'

'Fischer seemed to thrive on complaints, tantrums and ultimatums, treating the exercise as a game, not of chess but of Chicken . . . It is precisely these factors that make for such a gripping read.'

'The most famous chess match of all time reconstructed in a style as compelling as that of a thriller.'

'Compelling.'

'The authors build to a crescendo with fascinating details, taking the reader inside the two camps in Reykjavik . . . General readers will savor a marvelous portrait of East against West, with perceived societal superiority as the real prize.'

'One emerges reeling from this account with a sense that the story it tells so well is - to use an old cliché - truly stranger than fiction.'

'Pure drama.'

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2011
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Spielen / Lernen ► Abenteuer / Spielgeschichten
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Bobby Fischer • Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, World Chess Championship • bobby fischer teaches chess • Boris Spassky • Chess • chess books • Chess, Chess Books • Endgame • Garry Kasparov • Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Jose Raul Capablanca, Anatoly Karpov, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vladimir Kramnik, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine, Viswanathan Anand, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Morphy • My Great Predecessors, Karpov's Strategic Wins, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal, Silman's Complete Endgame Course, Think Like a Grandmaster, My 60 Memorable Games, My System, How to Reassess Your Chess, Zurich International Chess Tournament • The Queen's Gambit, Walter Tevis, Anya Taylor-Joy • World Chess Championship
• ISBN-10: 0-571-28294-6 / 0571282946
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-28294-4 / 9780571282944