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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

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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...

3. 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.

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   Apr 25, 2022 · Although the film is not particularly long – it runs 110 minutes – the viewer very much gets the feeling of being trapped along with Bartok and it is a harrowing experience. The Royal Game is...

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   A group of passengers (including the narrator and McConnor) play Czentovic in a consultation game, which Czentovic wins. They are about to lose a second game when they are interrupted by Dr B., who prevents them from blundering and guides the party to a draw. Dr B. tells his story to the narrator.

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   Complete summary of Rupert Brooke's Peace. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Peace.

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   Who wrote the Royal game?

   • The Royal Game (also known as Chess Story; in the original German Schachnovelle, "Chess Novella") is a novella by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig written in 1941, the year before the author's death by suicide.

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   Was the Royal game based on a true story?

   • The Royal Game was the inspiration for the 1960 Gerd Oswald film Brainwashed, originally titled Schachnovelle, as well as for two Czechoslovakian films: the 1980 Královská hra (The Royal Game) and Šach mat (Checkmate), made for television in 1964.

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   What does peace mean in a poem?

   • Poems such as “Peace” reflect the attitudes felt by many young men during the first year or so of the hostilities. “Peace” is a sonnet, a kind of poem often associated with expressions of love and therefore somewhat appropriate to a work that begins by showing love of God and one’s military comrades.

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   Should “peace” be read with retrospective irony?

   • In any case, “Peace” should be taken on its own terms rather than being read with retrospective irony. Poems such as “Peace” reflect the attitudes felt by many young men during the first year or so of the hostilities.

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   Is the Royal game a good movie about the Holocaust?

   • While there are many movies that depict the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis, it may sound as if The Royal Game would be perhaps less distressing than most movies about the Holocaust, but this is not the case.

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   Is the Royal game a good movie?

   • The Royal Game is a difficult film to watch and it provides no easy answers. The film seems to be saying that what is taken from victims by the Nazis can never be returned and there is nothing to be learned by simply surviving.

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   Among the summaries and analysis available for The Royal Game, there are 1 Full Study Guide, 1 Short Summary and 3 Book Reviews. Depending on the study guide provider (SparkNotes, Shmoop, etc.), the resources below will generally offer The Royal Game chapter summaries, quotes, and analysis of themes, characters, and symbols.