Takes readers into a jungle of chess trivia including the urinal opening, the dream match - Fischer v Kasparov, the horrible fate of Jeffrey Archer, the Beatle who ate the pieces, Prokofiev beats Capablanca, the Reagen opening, the World Champion in the year 2000, the rudest chess pieces, how chess changed Christine Keeler and the man who was British Ladies Champion. Also included are the longest-ever games, more horrible blunders, more chess-playing dogs, more drunken grandmasters and more computer brilliancies.
Takes readers into a jungle of chess trivia including the urinal opening, the dream match - Fischer v Kasparov, the horrible fate of Jeffrey Archer, the Beatle who ate the pieces, Prokofiev beats Capablanca, the Reagen opening, the World Champion in the year 2000, the rudest chess pieces, how chess changed Christine Keeler and the man who was British Ladies Champion. Also included are the longest-ever games, more horrible blunders, more chess-playing dogs, more drunken grandmasters and more computer brilliancies.