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Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First English Language Edition. First English language edition. Minor wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2006 Trade Paperback. 391 pp. J.H. Donner (1927 - 1988) was a Dutch Grandmaster and one of the greatest writers about chess of all time. He was a chess reporter and a chess columnist, as well as an annotator of the game, but above all he was a witty and unpredictable commentator of everything and everybody, both inside and outside the chess world. Donner's favourite themes are: Bobby Fischer, the blunder, chess as a game of luck, why women can't play chess, madness, and poor Lodewijk Prins, his rival for the Dutch National Championship for many years, who, according to Donner, couldn't tell a bishop from a knight. A book full of insults and ironies, but Donner wouldn't be Donner without a considerable amount of self-mockery.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 391 pages. 6.00x9.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.