Masters of Technique: Mongoose Press Anthology of Chess Fiction
"Chess stories that are as sharp as a mating attack, as cheeky as a knight sacrifice, and as improbable as a stalemate." --Paul Hoffman, author ofKing's Gambit"A marvelous gathering of literary intrigues...all in the name of chess. Excellent for anyone who has picked up a pawn." --Frederick Barthelme, author ofWavelandand director of The Center For Writers at The University of Southern Mississippi."Chess and chess-like games are familiar enough in literature: think nabakov, Hesse, Zweig, Kawabata.Masters of Technique...proves that serious writers' fascination with the royal game is not just a phenomenon of the past. This is a collection just as well-suited to those who read books as to those wh read notation."  --J.C. Hallman, author ofThe Chess ArtistandIn Utopia"Chess and chess-like games are familiar enough in literature: think nabakov, Hesse, Zweig, Kawabata.Masters of Technique...proves that serious writers' fascination with the royal game is not just a phenomenon of the past. This is a collection just as well-suited to those who read books as to those wh read notation."  --J.C. Hallman, author ofThe Chess ArtistandIn Utopia