The Even More Complete Chess Addict

xxv, [1], 369, [5] pp. Revised and updated, with a new foreword by Patrick Moore. Plunges readers ever deeper into the jungle of chess trivia, including: Robert Maxwell and the phoney brilliancy, the Urinal opening, the dream match - Fischer v Kasparov, the horrible fate of Jeffrey Archer, the Beatle who ate the pieces, Gazza's draw against a grandmaster, the rudest chess pieces, how chess changed Christine Keeler, the Pope's secret vice and the man who was British Ladies Champion. Plus: a brand new chapter on Nigel Short, Fischer, Judith Polgar, Kasparov, Karpov and the rising new stars of world chess.