a human being an intellectual human being who constantly bends the entire force of his mind on
the ridiculous task of forcing a wooden king into the corner of a wooden board and does it
without going mad!'A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to
a match. At first they crumble until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in
the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig acclaimed novella Chess is a
disturbing intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of genius.
