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Any good novel about chess recommended?

#11

The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis, The Luzhin Defense by Vladimir Nabokov, The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte, The Chess Master by L.J. Davis

The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis, The Luzhin Defense by Vladimir Nabokov, The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte, The Chess Master by L.J. Davis
#13

Auto da Fé, the 1935 novel by Nobel prize winner Elias Canetti. Among the subplots, there is a chessplayer named ... Fischer!

Auto da Fé, the 1935 novel by Nobel prize winner Elias Canetti. Among the subplots, there is a chessplayer named ... Fischer!
#14

There aren't a lot of novels about chess, but chess lends itself rather well to short stories. There are a few anthologies about chess in literature (in fact, I seem to remember that as a title, BICBW). From Lord Dunsany's Three Sailors Gambit to psychological thrillers, it works very well as a setting and as an introduction to unusual characters.

There aren't a lot of novels about chess, but chess lends itself rather well to short stories. There are a few anthologies about chess in literature (in fact, I seem to remember that as a title, BICBW). From Lord Dunsany's Three Sailors Gambit to psychological thrillers, it works very well as a setting and as an introduction to unusual characters.
#16

''The chessmen of mars'' Edgar Rice Burroughs

''The chessmen of mars'' Edgar Rice Burroughs
#17

@verylate said in #14:

There are a few anthologies about chess in literature (in fact, I seem to remember that as a title, BICBW).

Were you thinking of "Pawn to Infinity", editor Fred Saberhagen?

@verylate said in #14: > There are a few anthologies about chess in literature (in fact, I seem to remember that as a title, BICBW). Were you thinking of "Pawn to Infinity", editor Fred Saberhagen?
#18

@coderunner86 said in #17:

Were you thinking of "Pawn to Infinity", editor Fred Saberhagen?

No, I don't think so. It was collected by a former editor of the American magazine, Chess Life and Review. But PtI would be a good place to start reading.

@coderunner86 said in #17: > Were you thinking of "Pawn to Infinity", editor Fred Saberhagen? No, I don't think so. It was collected by a former editor of the American magazine, Chess Life and Review. But PtI would be a good place to start reading.
#19

@verylate said in #14:

... There are a few anthologies about chess in literature (in fact, I seem to remember that as a title, BICBW). ...
@verylate said in #18:
... It was collected by a former editor of the American magazine, Chess Life and Review. ...
Burt Hochberg's The 64-Square Looking Glass: Great Games of Chess in World Literature

@verylate said in #14: > ... There are a few anthologies about chess in literature (in fact, I seem to remember that as a title, BICBW). ... @verylate said in #18: > ... It was collected by a former editor of the American magazine, Chess Life and Review. ... Burt Hochberg's The 64-Square Looking Glass: Great Games of Chess in World Literature
#20

This was good:

All the Wrong Moves: A Memoir About Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything

There was an interview on perpetual chess:

https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2019/8/13/episode-139-author-sasha-chapin

I guess it's not a novel though.

There's a novel called 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union' and one of the characters in called 'Emanuel Lasker' but I didn't finish that one.

This was good: All the Wrong Moves: A Memoir About Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything There was an interview on perpetual chess: https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2019/8/13/episode-139-author-sasha-chapin I guess it's not a novel though. There's a novel called 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union' and one of the characters in called 'Emanuel Lasker' but I didn't finish that one.

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