# A Chess Story

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- Book: [A Chess Story](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig/a-chess-story) ([A Chess Story.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig/a-chess-story.md))
- Authors: [Stefan Zweig](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig), [Alexander Starritt](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-starritt)
- Publisher: pushkin_press_classics
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8227-095-9
- Published: 2026-05-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In Zweig's classic novella, an epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of Nazi persecution, madness, and obsession. “Perhaps the best chess story ever written.” —Economist...