New in chess Carte: The Sponsor - Fred Das, Jeroen Terlingen

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ISBN 9789083378879
Weight 410
Publisher New In Chess
Number of pages 224
Publication date Aug 20, 2024
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For the first time in history, a chess player from North Korea takes part in the North Sea Chess Tournament. She is under pressure to perform, as are her opponents, including a cheating Italian, an Icelandic womaniser, a Tunisian fundamentalist and Dutch talent Christiaan N'Koulou. Inside and outside the arena, the boundaries of the game are sought and transgressed. Even the secret services interfere with the moves on the board. When the American player is found dead in his bathroom on the rest day, chess maecenas Godfried, the sponsor, must intervene to save the tournament at the risk of his own life.

An international literary thriller, The Sponsor is based on the notes that one of the sponsors has been taking behind the scenes of the Hoogovens-Corus-Tata Steel chess tournament for over ten years.

For the chess enthusiast, an appendix contains annotations of the games involved in the story.

Fred Das is an international entrepreneur, property developer and keen chess player. After selling his business he is mainly a full-time father.

Jeroen Terlingen was a trade union journalist, editor at Vrij Nederland and a journalism teacher. He writes books, makes films and teaches courses.

 

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WGM Erika Sziva on schakers.info
"Non-chess players will be surprised by some of the secretive happenings that chess players have regularly experienced at chess tournaments. I mean mainly the psychological warfare, and the secret affairs that can arise during the tension of a tournament."

WIM Alexey Root on sparkchess.com:
"I finished The Sponsor within 24 hours of starting it and enjoyed it immensely. Its ending left me guessing. Maybe, as with Tata Steel, there will be a sequel next year."

Anul aparitiei: 2024

Nr. pagini: 224

Autor: Fred Das, Jeroen Terlingen

ISBN/ISSN: 9789083378879

Limba: Engleza

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