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The Grandmaster - Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again (Paperback)
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The Grandmaster - Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again (Paperback)
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"A bravura performance...An entertaining book" (Kirkus Reviews)
about the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway's
Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the
world's geopolitical unrest and rekindled a global fascination with
the sport. The first week of November 2016, hundreds of people
descended on New York City's South Street Seaport to watch the
World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and
Russia's Sergey Karjakin. By the time it was over would be
front-page news and thought by many the greatest finish in chess
history. With both Carlsen and Karjakin just twenty-five years old,
it was the first time the championship had been waged among those
who grew up playing chess against computers. Originally from
Crimea, Karjakin had recently repatriated to Russia under the
direct assistance of Putin. Carlsen, meanwhile, had expressed
admiration for Donald Trump, and the first move of the tournament
he played was called a Trompowsky Attack. Then there was the
Russian leader of the World Chess Federation being barred from
attending due to US sanctions, and chess fanatic and Trump adviser
Peter Thiel being called on to make the honorary first move in
sudden death. That the tournament even required sudden death was a
shock. Oddsmakers had given Carlsen, the defending champion, an
eighty percent chance of winning. It would take everything he had
to retain his title. Author Brin-Jonathan Butler was granted unique
access to the two-and-half-week tournament and watched every move.
The Grandmaster "is not the usual chronicle of a world-championship
chess match....Butler offers insight into what it takes to become
the best chess player on the planet...A vibrant and provocative
look at chess and its metaphorical battle for territory and power"
(Booklist).
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