B imagines preventing an embarrassing defeat at the last moment and getting a draw. In the second game, the only way they can get is with the help of a strange man who later turns himself into Dr. Together with his acquaintance Mc Connor and other chess players, the first-person narrator manages to challenge the world champion to a game of chess.Īs expected, Mc Connor and the others clearly lose the first game. The first-person narrator learns of the presence of the world chess champion Mirko Czentovic on a boat trip from New York to Buenos Aires. In Germany, the book has become a constant bestseller. The first translation into English appeared in New York in 1944. The last work of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig can be read today in over 60 languages. The fame of the The Royal Game is evident in the number of translations.
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