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SULTAN KHAN - DANIEL KING KARTONIERT (TB)

Hardly anyone paid attention when Sultan Khan arrived in London on April 26  1929. He came from
a village in the Punjab and spoke little English. He had learned the rules of Western chess
only three years earlier  yet within a few months he created a sensation by becoming the
British Empire champion. He was taken to England by Sir Umar Hayat Khan  an Indian nobleman and
politician who used Sultan Khan's successes to promote his own interests in the turbulent years
before India gained independence. Sultan Khan remained in Europe for the best part of five
years  competing with the leading chess players of the era  including World Champion Alexander
Alekhine and former World Champion Jose Raoul Capablanca. His unorthodox style often stunned
his opponents  as Daniel King explains in his examination of the key games and tournaments in
Khan's career. Daniel King has uncovered a wealth of new facts about Khan  as well as dozens of
previously unknown games. For the first time  he tells the full story of how Khan  a Muslim
outsider  was received in Europe  of his successes in the chess world  and his return to
obscurity after his departure for India in 1933.

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