King's gambit : a son, a father, and the world's most dangerous game / Paul Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Paul, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chess--Anecdotes.

Chess.

Chess players.

Chess--Psychological aspects.

Hoffman, Paul, 1956-.

Hoffman, Paul.

Fathers and sons--United States.

Fathers and sons.

United States.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

x, 433 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Hyperion, [2007]

Summary:

As a child chess prodigy, Paul Hoffman lost himself in the game. He played to escape the dissolution of his parents' marriage, happily passing weekends with his bohemian father in New York's Greenwich Village, the epicenter of American chess. In this insider's look at the game of chess, the critically acclaimed author applies the techniques that garnered his earlier work such lavish praise: the novelistic storytelling and the keen insights--to his own life and the eccentric, often mysterious lives of the pros he knew and has come to know. Intimate, gripping, and often humorous, it's both Hoffman's most personal work and his most compelling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [419]-424) and index.

ISBN:

1401300979

9781401300975

OCLC:

122715320