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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Royal_GameThe Royal Game - Wikipedia

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   Plot summary. An anonymous narrator opens the story by describing the boarding of a passenger liner traveling from New York to Buenos Aires. One of the passengers is world chess champion Mirko Czentovic. Czentovic is an idiot savant [3] and prodigy with no obvious qualities apart from his talent for chess.

   • Author: Stefan Zweig

   • Publish Year: 1943

2. www.penguinrandomhouse.com › books › 196165Chess Story by Stefan Zweig: 9781590171691 ...

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   Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide...

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4. www.goodreads.com › book › showChess Story by Stefan Zweig - Goodreads

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   Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942.

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5. www.wikiwand.com › en › articlesThe Royal Game - Wikiwand

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   Plot summary. An anonymous narrator opens the story by describing the boarding of a passenger liner traveling from New York to Buenos Aires. One of the passengers is world chess champion Mirko Czentovic. Czentovic is an idiot savant and prodigy with no obvious qualities apart from his talent for chess.

6. books.google.com › books › aboutThe Royal Game by Stefan Zweig (Book Analysis) - Google Books

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   Unlock the more straightforward side of The Royal Game with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Royal Game by Stefan Zweig which...

7. www.encyclopedia.com › royal-game-schachnovelleThe Royal Game (Schachnovelle) | Encyclopedia.com

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   The psychological novella The Royal Game (1944; Schachnovelle, 1942) is of special importance within Stefan Zweig's oeuvre since it was his last work, written shortly before his suicide in 1942 and published posthumously in Buenos Aires in the same year.

8. www.liquisearch.com › the_royal_game › plot_summaryThe Royal Game - Plot Summary - LiquiSearch

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   Plot Summary. Driven to mental anguish as the result of total isolation by the National Socialists, Dr. B, a monarchist hiding valuable assets of the nobility from the new regime, maintains his sanity only through the theft of a book of past masters' chess games which he plays endlessly, voraciously learning each one until they overwhelm his ...