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A fictional centenarian chess enthusiast, who has led a very chequered life, introduces each of the 11 One-Act plays based on real chess games. Chess has always been connected with the practice of war, but in reality it is a mind-game, and its stratagems can parallel human contests in any field of engagement. Alekhine, the Russian grandmaster, sacrifices his Queen to a beautiful student; Napoleon imprisoned in St. Helena links every move he makes to a famous victory of his; and Duchamp explains how dadaist art helped him win in chess. The servant Sultan Khan beats the British Champion by following satyagraha; and Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer and Chandrasekhar ponder over chess whether to develop the Atom Bomb before World War II. Humphrey Bogart beats Lauren Bacall and gets her to say 'yes,' while for Fidel Castro winning at the game is part of the victorious Cuban revolution. Duke Medina-Sodonia is warned during a game just before he leads the ill-fated Spanish Armada against England; a Bollywood Mogul, inspired by an Indian film based on cricket, decides to film Das Kapital around chess; a lifer escapes from a penitentiary by playing the game; and Tolstoy and Gandhi discus

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Author

Rajan, Vithal Rajan

Publisher

Writers Workshop India

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9788181575616

Category

work of fiction