LEGENDARY PLAYERS — FASCINATING PROBLEMS CHESS STORIES Frederic Friedel and Christian Hesse

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As complex and fascinating as my beloved game of chess is, the chess world around it is infinitely larger and richer than the 64 squares. It expands and blooms eternally thanks to unique contributions like this remarkable book by Frederic Friedel and Christian Hesse. CHESS STORIES shows how deeply human the world of chess is and reveals the passion and beauty it provides its fans and practitioners, from amateurs to world champions. The book maps the breadth of experiences chess can contain, how it can uplift both the mind and the spirit. It demonstrates how our conceptions of mathematics, philosophy, and art are all represented and challenged by an ancient game.

Frederic Friedel has met every World Champion since Max Euwe and befriended most of them. I am pleased to say that I am included in this company. We have known each other since the dinosaurs were around, and my friend Frederic narrates many of the things that we have been through together, some never before told: from long train rides to matches for the World Championship to my Human versus Machine challenges against the computer Deep Blue. Frederic’s gregarious personality, intelligence and quick wit attracts people and makes them want to spend time with him. He has the ability to turn every encounter into something memorable, material fit for legends. Christian Hesse is an internationally known Professor of Mathematics with a PhD from Harvard. He has thought about the relation between chess and mathematics for decades. It is fascinating how deep the connections between these two human endeavours are, from the Queens Problem to Knight’s Tour to the staggering numbers that the game of chess encompasses. Indeed the “Chess Logicals” that he invented bring a whole new dimension to chess studies and to mathematical logic. If you want to apply your mind to the subject, I recommend ‘The first Zen Chess Logical’ in this book. ii Frederic and Christian are a dream team that has succeeded in writing a chess book like no other. It is full of entertaining and heart-warming stories, on and off the board, and it introduces a new genre of wonderfully entertaining logical chess puzzles.

Garry Kasparov

13th World Chess Champion

16 May, 2022 New York City

About Authors:

FREDERIC FRIEDEL Born on August 2nd 1945, studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg and Oxford, graduating with a thesis on speech act theory and moral language. He started a university career but switched to science journalism, producing documentaries for German TV. In 1986 after two massively popular reports on how computers play chess, Friedel co-founded the chess database company ChessBase, which went on to become one of the leading chess software enterprises in the world. Friedel served as an advisor to a number of World Champions, most notably Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand. Today he looks after a number of world-class teenage chess talents.

CHRISTIAN HESSE Born on August 2nd, 1960, is one of the internationally best known living German mathematicians. He received his doctorate in Mathematical Statistics from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. From 1987 to 1991 he was on the faculty of the University of California in Berkeley. In 1991 he took up a professorship at the University of Stuttgart, where he became the youngest professor in the Federal Republic of Germany. Hesse’s professional lecturing and research activities extend to many parts of the world, from Mumbai to the Yucatan Peninsula to Easter Island, from Tahiti to Dublin to Cape Town. He spent extended research stays at the University of California in Santa Barbara, Queen’s University in Canada, the University of the Philippines in Manila, the University of Concepcion in Chile, the Australian National University in Canberra, among others. In 2006 Hesse published the bestseller The Joys of Chess, which has been translated into several languages and was praised as “one of the most ingenious and enjoyable books ever written on chess.” Over the last decade Hesse has been friends with several of the top chess players and world champions.

Copyright Notice: Original Title: Schachgeschichten Copyright © 2022 by Droemer Verlag. An imprint of Verlagsgruppe Droemer Knaur GmbH & Co. KG, Munich Published in the German language

English Edition Title: Chess Stories Copyright © 2024 by ChessBase India 64 Squares Private Limited ISBN: 978-81-959245-4-7 All rights reserved.

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Title: Chess Stories Authors: Frederic Friedel and Christian Hesse

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Cover and Book Layout Design : Anahita D’Souza

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