Deadline grandmaster : a chess memoir /

"This is the autobiography of chess grandmaster and journalist Andy Soltis, one of the very few grandmasters who had a professional career outside of chess, and a prolific author of chess-related nonfiction. It describes how chess and journalism fought for his time for more than 60 years and ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Soltis, Andy, 1947- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024]
Subjects:	Soltis, Andy, > 1947- Chess players > United States > Biography. Journalists > United States > Biography. Joueurs d'échecs > États-Unis > Biographies. Journalistes > États-Unis > Biographies. GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Chess. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.

Table of Contents:

Opening irregular
Patterns recognizedy
Tempo accelerated
Waiting moves
Symmetrical variations
Boomed
Book moves
Hobbyism
Repositioning moves
Desperado time
Middlegame deferred
Grand irony
Bearing up
Amateur professional
Continuations dubious
Perpetual risks
Beyond calculation
Dinosaur in a cyber world
Seeking a favorable endgame.