"Chess Story," also known as "The Royal Game," is the Austrian
master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian
exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his
suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at
Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the
psychological.
Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board
with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and
unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him
and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward
to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess
his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie
at the heart of Zweig's story.
This new translation of "Chess Story" brings out the work's unusual
mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.
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