Chess Story
Ranked #14 in German, Ranked #17 in Chess — see more rankings.
Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, which was completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only a matter of days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological.
Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a... more
Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a... more
Rankings by Category
Chess Story is ranked in the following categories:
- #66 in Fascism
- #96 in Roman
- #80 in Short
- #95 in Translated
- #87 in Turkish
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