Frank Brady - Endgame

Здесь есть возможность читать онлайн «Frank Brady - Endgame» весь текст электронной книги совершенно бесплатно (целиком полную версию без сокращений). В некоторых случаях можно слушать аудио, скачать через торрент в формате fb2 и присутствует краткое содержание. Год выпуска: 2011, ISBN: 2011, Издательство: Crown Publishing Group, Жанр: Старинная литература, на английском языке. Описание произведения, (предисловие) а так же отзывы посетителей доступны на портале библиотеки ЛибКат.

Endgame: краткое содержание, описание и аннотация

Предлагаем к чтению аннотацию, описание, краткое содержание или предисловие (зависит от того, что написал сам автор книги «Endgame»). Если вы не нашли необходимую информацию о книге — напишите в комментариях, мы постараемся отыскать её.

Apple-style-span Endgame 
descent
entire
Time, Life 
Newsweek  At first all one noticed was how gifted Fischer was.  Possessing a 181 I.Q. and remarkable powers of concentration, Bobby memorizedhundreds of chess books in several languages, and he was only 13 when he became the youngest chess master in U.S. history.   But his strange behavior started early.  In 1972, at the historic Cold War showdown in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he faced Soviet champion Boris Spassky, Fischer made headlines with hundreds of petty demands that nearly ended the competition. 
It was merely a prelude to what was to come.
Arriving back in the United States to a hero’s welcome, Bobby was mobbed wherever he went—a figure as exotic and improbable as any American pop culture had yet produced.  No player of a mere “board game” had ever ascended to such heights.  Commercial sponsorship offers poured in, ultimately topping $10 million—but Bobby demurred.  Instead, he began tithing his limited money to an apocalyptic religion and devouring anti-Semitic literature.  
After years of poverty and a stint living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, Bobby remerged in 1992 to play Spassky in a multi-million dollar rematch—but the experience only 
a paranoia that had formed years earlier when he came to believe that the Soviets wanted him dead for taking away “their” title.  When the dust settled, Bobby was a wanted man—transformed into an international fugitive because of his decision to play in Montenegro despite U.S. sanctions.  Fearing for his life, traveling with bodyguards, and wearing a long leather coat to ward off knife attacks, Bobby lived the life of a celebrity fugitive – one drawn increasingly to the bizarre.  Mafiosi, Nazis, odd attempts to breed an heir who could perpetuate his chess-genius DNA—all are woven into his late-life tapestry. 
And yet, as Brady shows, the most notable irony of Bobby Fischer’s strange descent – which had reached full plummet by 2005 when he turned down yet 
multi-million dollar payday—is that despite his incomprehensible behavior, there were many who remained fiercely loyal to him.  Why that was so is at least partly the subject of this book—one that at last answers the question: “Who 
Bobby Fischer?”

Endgame — читать онлайн бесплатно полную книгу (весь текст) целиком

Ниже представлен текст книги, разбитый по страницам. Система сохранения места последней прочитанной страницы, позволяет с удобством читать онлайн бесплатно книгу «Endgame», без необходимости каждый раз заново искать на чём Вы остановились. Поставьте закладку, и сможете в любой момент перейти на страницу, на которой закончили чтение.

Тёмная тема
Сбросить

Интервал:

Закладка:

Сделать

Larsen, Bent. Larsen’s Selected Games of Chess, 1948–69 . New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1970.

Lipnitsky, Isaac. Questions of Modern Chess Theory: A Soviet Classic . UK: Quality Chess UK LLP, 2008.

Mamet, David. The Wicked Son . New York: Schocken Press, 2006.

Margeirsson, Ingólfur. Sæmi Rokk: Lifsdans Sæmundar Pássonar . Reykjavik, Iceland: Bókaútgáfan Æskan ehf./ Almenna útgáfan, 2008.

Mednis, Edmar. How to Beat Bobby Fischer . Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1997.

Müller, Karsten. Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion . Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2009.

Münninghoff, Alexander. Max Euwe: The Biography . Alkmaar, the Netherlands: New In Chess, 2001.

Pandolfini, Bruce. Bobby Fischer’s Outrageous Chess Moves . New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.

Pandolfini, Bruce, editor. The Best of Chess Life and Review, Vol. 1, 1933–1960 . New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988.

Piatigorsky, Jacqueline. Jump in the Waves: A Memoir . New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1988.

Plisetsky, Dmitry, and Sergey Voronkov, compilers. Russians Versus Fischer . Moscow: Moscow Chess World, 1994.

Radford, John. Child Prodigies and Exceptional Early Achievers . New York: Macmillan, Inc., 1990.

Ree, Hans. The Human Comedy of Chess: A Grandmaster’s Chronicles . Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc., 1999.

Russell, Hanon W. A Chessplayer’s Guide to Russian . New Haven, CT: H. W. Russell, 1972.

Saidy, Anthony, and Norman Lessing. The World of Chess . New York: Random House, 1974.

Schonberg, Harold C. Grandmasters of Chess . Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1973.

Schultz, Don. Chess Don . Boca Raton, FL: Chessdon Publishing, 1999.

_______. Fischer, Kasparov, and the Others: The Best of CHESSDON and Much More . Highland Beach, FL: Chessdon Publishing, 2004.

Seirawan, Yasser, and George Stefanovic. No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992 . Seattle, WA: International Chess Enterprises, 1992.

Soltis, Andrew. Karl Marx Plays Chess and Other Reports on the World’s Oldest Game . New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1991.

_______. Bobby Fischer Rediscovered . London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 2003.

_______. The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess . London: B. T. Batsford, 2008.

Soltis, Andy, and Gene H. McCormick. The United States Chess Championship, 1845–1996 . Second edition. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1997.

Sosonko, Genna. Russian Silhouettes . Alkmaar, the Netherlands: New In Chess, 2001.

_______. The Reliable Past . Alkmaar, the Netherlands: New In Chess, 2003.

Steiner, George. Fields of Force: Fischer and Spassky at Reykjavik . New York: The Viking Press, 1974.

Sunnucks, Anne, compiler. The Encyclopaedia of Chess . London: Robert Hale, 1970.

Tal, Mikhail. The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal . New York: RHM Press, 1976.

Thorbergsson, Freysteinn. Welcome to Iceland Mr. President!—A Short Work on Political Chess . Reykjavik, Iceland: Freysteinn Thorbergsson, 1973.

Tiller, Terrence, editor. Chess Treasury of the Air . Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books, 1966.

Totaro, Lawrence. Fisching for Forgeries . Davenport, IA: Thinkers’ Press, 2007.

Wade, R. G., and L. S. Blackstock, editors. Interzonal Chess Tournament: Palma de Mallorca 1970 . Nottingham, England: The Chess Player, 1970.

Wade, Robert G., and Kevin J. O’Connell, editors. Bobby Fischer’s Chess Games . Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972.

Waitzkin, Fred. Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess . New York: Penguin Books, 1988.

Winter, Edward. Chess Explorations: A Pot-Pourri from the Journal Chess Notes. London: Cadogan Chess, 1996.

_______. Kings, Commoners and Knaves: Further Chess Explorations . Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc., 1999.

_______. A Chess Omnibus . Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2003.

Endgame - фото 117

Тёмная тема
Сбросить

Интервал:

Закладка:

Сделать

Похожие книги на «Endgame»

Представляем Вашему вниманию похожие книги на «Endgame» списком для выбора. Мы отобрали схожую по названию и смыслу литературу в надежде предоставить читателям больше вариантов отыскать новые, интересные, ещё непрочитанные произведения.


Отзывы о книге «Endgame»

Обсуждение, отзывы о книге «Endgame» и просто собственные мнения читателей. Оставьте ваши комментарии, напишите, что Вы думаете о произведении, его смысле или главных героях. Укажите что конкретно понравилось, а что нет, и почему Вы так считаете.

x