num_pages: 248
description: Carl Haffner is a Vienesse chess master facing in 1910 the greatest challenge of his life. He has been persuaded to challenge Emmanuel Lasker the brilliant World Champion for his title. But Haffner is a shy fragile man who has escaped poverty only though his extraordinary gift for chess.
language: English
title: Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw
publisher: Harvill Secker