Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. The Chess Clock 3
4. The Powers of the Pawn 5
5. A Counter-Truth 7
6. Handling the Chess Pieces 8
7. Bishop to King 9
8. Persians at Chess 11
9. My Mother’s Chess 14
10. King to Queen 15
11. The Tournament 17
12. The Last Move: In Memoriam 19
13. The Catch 21
14. The Games 23
15. For Garry Kasparov 25
16. Deep Blue’s Downfall 26
17. Writers on Chess: A Conversation 28
18. The Players 30
19. Tristan 31
20. The Master 32
21. King and Queen 34
22. Reminiscence of an Amateur 36
23. The Nimzovitch 37
24. Mr. Palomar at the Chessboard 39
25. Greek Chess 41
26. Allegory 42
27. My Son at Chess 44
28. My Own Chess 45
29. Pawns and Pieces 46
30. Ferdinand and Miranda Discovered Playing Chess 47
31. My Game with Robert Hübner 49
32. My Game with a Friend 51
33. Perpetual Check 53
34. Wittgenstein at Chess 54
35. Carving the Pieces 57
36. Portraits 58
37. My Daughter at Chess 63
38. The Next Crusade 64
39. Dream of a Chess Man 66
40. The Pin 67
41. Endgame 76
42. Acknowledgments 79