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Viajando de Nova Iorque a Buenos Aires de navio, um grupo de passageiros paga Mirko Czent贸vic, campe茫o mundial de xadrez, para disputar uma partida com eles. O enxadrista n茫o encontra dificuldades para enfrentar seus oponentes amadores, at茅 que surge o misterioso Doutor B, um advogado austr铆aco de apar锚ncia envelhecida que consegue, miraculosamente, calcular lances e estrat茅gias capazes de fazer frente ao arrogante campe茫o. No meio do mar, os dois travam uma partida feroz, que traz 脿 tona uma hist贸ria de obsess茫o e isolamento, marcada pelo nazismo e pela pris茫o. Stefan Zweig enviou O Livro do Xadrez para seu editor em 1942, poucos dias antes de cometer suic铆dio em Petr贸polis, junto a sua esposa. A novela, a 煤nica do autor austr铆aco a tratar diretamente do tema do nazismo, articula elementos autobiogr谩ficos ao enredo. Na leitura de Guilherme Weber, os movimentos do narrador se acendem, e podemos acompanh谩-lo se aproximar e afastar dos oponentes, como se estivesse, tamb茅m ele, envolvido nesse jogo de guerra.
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First published September 1, 1942
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Stefan Zweig
2,001听books9,881听followersStefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. Among his most famous works are Beware of Pity, Letter from an Unknown Woman, and Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles. He and his second wife committed suicide in 1942.
Zweig studied in Austria, France, and Germany before settling in Salzburg in 1913. In 1934, driven into exile by the Nazis, he emigrated to England and then, in 1940, to Brazil by way of New York. Finding only growing loneliness and disillusionment in their new surroundings, he and his second wife committed suicide.
Zweig's interest in psychology and the teachings of Sigmund Freud led to his most characteristic work, the subtle portrayal of character. Zweig's essays include studies of Honor茅 de Balzac, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky (Drei Meister, 1920; Three Masters) and of Friedrich H枚lderlin, Heinrich von Kleist, and Friedrich Nietzsche (Der Kampf mit dem D盲mon, 1925; Master Builders). He achieved popularity with Sternstunden der Menschheit (1928; The Tide of Fortune), five historical portraits in miniature. He wrote full-scale, intuitive rather than objective, biographies of the French statesman Joseph Fouch茅 (1929), Mary Stuart (1935), and others. His stories include those in Verwirrung der Gef眉hle (1925; Conflicts). He also wrote a psychological novel, Ungeduld des Herzens (1938; Beware of Pity), and translated works of Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, and Emile Verhaeren.
Most recently, his works provided the inspiration for 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Zweig studied in Austria, France, and Germany before settling in Salzburg in 1913. In 1934, driven into exile by the Nazis, he emigrated to England and then, in 1940, to Brazil by way of New York. Finding only growing loneliness and disillusionment in their new surroundings, he and his second wife committed suicide.
Zweig's interest in psychology and the teachings of Sigmund Freud led to his most characteristic work, the subtle portrayal of character. Zweig's essays include studies of Honor茅 de Balzac, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky (Drei Meister, 1920; Three Masters) and of Friedrich H枚lderlin, Heinrich von Kleist, and Friedrich Nietzsche (Der Kampf mit dem D盲mon, 1925; Master Builders). He achieved popularity with Sternstunden der Menschheit (1928; The Tide of Fortune), five historical portraits in miniature. He wrote full-scale, intuitive rather than objective, biographies of the French statesman Joseph Fouch茅 (1929), Mary Stuart (1935), and others. His stories include those in Verwirrung der Gef眉hle (1925; Conflicts). He also wrote a psychological novel, Ungeduld des Herzens (1938; Beware of Pity), and translated works of Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, and Emile Verhaeren.
Most recently, his works provided the inspiration for 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel.
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January 28, 2024
I detect strong parallels between reading a novel and the game of chess: there is the author sitting on one side, playing white, the reader on the other side, playing black; instead of the chess board and chess pieces there is the novel; the author鈥檚 opening chapter is the chess player鈥檚 opening, the middle of the novel is, of course, the middle game, and the closing chapter is the end game. If both author and reader expand their literary horizons and deepen their appreciation of life鈥檚 mysteries, then both can declare 鈥榗heckmate鈥�.
Stefan Zweig鈥檚 Chess Story published by New York Review Books (NYRB) is 84 pages of literary counterpart to a master chess game of Capablanca or Kasparov, a novel where the first-person narrator, an Austrian, just so happens to be on board a passenger steamer with a world chess champion by the name of Czentovic and also, as it turns out, a fellow Austrian referred to as Dr. B, a man who tells the tale of how he came to play chess whilst a prisoner of the Gestapo.
If you tend to find novels by such giants as Proust, Joyce or Mann a bit intimidating but still would like to do a careful cover-to-cover read of a masterpiece, this is your book. A special thanks to Joel Rotenberg for translating from the German to a most accessible and clear English. And keeping in the spirit of a game of chess, below are several quotes from the novel (SZ鈥檚 moves as white) paired with my comments (countermoves as black):
Ruminating on what it takes to be a chess master, the narrator notes: 鈥淎ll my life I have been passionately interested in monomaniacs of any kind, people carried away by a single idea. The more one limits oneself, the closer one is to the infinite; these people, as unworldly as they seem, burrow like termites into their own particular material to construct, in miniature, a strange and utterly individual image of the world.鈥�
Zweig鈥檚 novel takes place during the time of Nazi Germany and, of course, Hitler is considered one of the modern world鈥檚 most notorious monomaniacs, combining gobbledygook notions of biology, race, history and national identity into his version of an unyielding jackboot philosophy of culture, a philosophy carried out in deadly practice by thousands of loyal Nazis, monomania crushing the lives of millions under its ideological hammer. Parallels between Czentovic and the F眉hrer abound.
鈥淭hey did nothing 鈥� other than subjecting us to complete nothingness. For, as is well known, nothing on earth puts more pressure on the human mind than nothing. . . . you were hopelessly alone with yourself, with your body, and with these four or five mute objects, table, bed, window, washbasin; you lived like a diver in a diving bell in the black sea of silence."
Confined to a hotel room by the Gestapo, cut off from the outside world, Dr. B begins to go stir-crazy in a world of silence and solitude, a conundrum touching on a major dilemma in the modern West 鈥� the loss of the contemplative/meditative dimension in life. Silence and solitude could provide fertile ground for personal spiritual growth if one has the proper training; but, alas, for most people, similar to Dr.B, silence and solitude is equated with a blank, a total nothingness.
鈥淚 had not held a book in my hands, and there was something intoxicating and at the same time stupefying in the mere thought of a book, in which you could see words one after another, lines, paragraphs, pages, a book in which you could read, follow, take into your mind the new, different, diverting thoughts of another person.鈥�
Ah, isolation in silence and solitude heightens Dr. B鈥檚 appreciation for what many of us might take for granted 鈥� the wonder of all the various levels of splendor in the simple pleasure of reading a book. When we look closely, such simple pleasure contains infinite richness.
鈥淎t first I played the games through quite mechanically; yet gradually a pleasurable, aesthetic understanding awoke within me. I grasped the fine points, the perils and rigors of attack and defense, the technique of thinking ahead, planning moves and countermoves, and soon I was able to recognize the personality and style of each of the chess masters as unmistakably as one knows a poet from only a few of his lines."
How about that! Beyond the bare mechanical lies the juice of the aesthetic dimension, that is, an experience of beauty, in this case, the beauty of chess鈥檚 underlying structure on multiple levels: each move, creative tactics and overarching strategy, especially the beauty of signature moves, tactics and strategies of individual chess masters.
鈥淢y white self had no sooner made a move than my black self feverishly pushed forward."
On the level of chess, the white pieces vs. the black pieces; on the level of psychotherapy, we could consider two different aspects of the subconscious: White Self vs. Black Self. Sidebar: Too bad Dr. B鈥檚 chess book didn鈥檛 contain chess problems constructed for one player!
鈥淲hen I was taken to be examined by a physician, in my derangement I had suddenly broken free, thrown myself at the window in the corridor and shattered the glass, cutting my hand 鈥� you can still see the deep scar here.鈥�
At one point, Dr. B notes how chess is a game of pure mental calculation, 鈥渁 game of pure reasoning with no element of chance.鈥� Ironically, through pure chance, Dr. B survives throwing himself at a window, since, in his derangement, he could easily have lost his life when the glass shattered. So, in this sense, life is not a game of chess 鈥� chance plays such a major part in everybody鈥檚 life.
During the chess game of Czentovic vs. Dr.B, the narrator observes: 鈥淪uddenly there was something new between the two of them: a dangerous tension, a passionate hatred. They were no longer opponents testing their ability in a spirit of play, but enemies resolved to annihilate each other. Czentovic delayed for a long time before making the first move. It was clear to me that this was intentional.鈥�
Oh, how a game can so easily and quickly degenerate into a power play of egos bent on complete obliteration of the other; how easily life can be brought down to the mindset of the Nazis.
The narrator continues to watch; he detects a profound change come over the ordinarily serene Dr. B: 鈥淎ll the symptoms of abnormal excitation were clearly apparent; I saw the perspiration appear on his brow while the scar on his hand became redder and stood out more sharply than before.鈥�
Perhaps the author is reminding us that in our countering Nazi mentality we are continually prone to become no less brutal and single-minded then a Nazi.
February 9, 2022
賰賷賮 鬲毓乇賮 兀賳賾賰 亘氐丿丿 賯乇丕亍丞 毓賲賱 毓亘賯乇賷 責
亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 氐乇丕丨丞 賴賵 鬲賱賰 丕賱賳賵毓賷丞 賲賳 丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱鬲賾賷 鬲賮丕噩卅賰貙 丕賱鬲賾賷 鬲禺亘胤賰貙 丕賱鬲賾賷 鬲賱胤賲賰貙 鬲氐賮毓賰貙 鬲囟乇亘賰 .. 賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賰賷賮 兀氐賮 丨賯賷賯丞 兀賵 賲丕賴賷丞 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓賵乇貙 賵 賱賰賳 兀馗賳 兀賳賾 兀睾賱亘賰賲 賯丿 噩乇賾亘賴.
鬲禺鬲丕乇 賯氐賾丞 賲丕 兀賵 乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵 丨鬲賾賶 賰鬲丕亘 賵鬲亘丿兀 賮賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵賰丨丕賱 丕賱亘丿丕賷丕鬲 丿丕卅賲丕 賲丕 賷賰賵賳 賴賳丕賰 賳賵毓 胤賮賷賮 賲賳 丕賱賲賱賱 .. 賵兀丨賷丕賳丕 賷氐丕丨亘 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賱賱 賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱賳賾丿賲 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱丕禺鬲賷丕乇貙 賵賴賳丕 兀賳丕 兀鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 卮毓賵乇 囟卅賷賱 噩丿丕 賵賱賰賳賾賴 賲賵噩賵丿貙 孬賲賾 賮噩兀丞 賵賲賳 丿賵賳 爻丕亘賯 廿賳匕丕乇 鬲噩丿 賳賮爻賰 鬲噩乇賷 亘賷賳 丕賱爻賾胤賵乇 賲鬲毓賱賾賯丕 賵賲賳睾賲爻丕 亘賲毓丕賳賷 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲貙 賲鬲兀賲賾賱丕 賮賷 爻賷乇賵乇丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 鬲噩丿 賳賮爻賰 賵賯丿 賯乇兀鬲 毓丿賾丞 氐賮丨丕鬲 丿賵賳 卮毓賵乇 .. 賱兀賳賰 鬲賱丕丨賲鬲 賵丕賳睾賲爻鬲貙 亘賱 賵爻丕賮乇鬲 丿丕禺賱 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲乇賰賷亘丞 賲賳 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 .. 賵賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷 丕賱匕賾賷 賱賲 賵 賱賳 賷乇鬲亘胤 亘毓丿丿 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 兀亘丿丕 . 賵賯氐賾鬲賳丕 賴匕賴 鬲賳鬲賲賷 廿賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓 .
爻兀賰鬲賮賷 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賯丿乇 .. 賵 賱賳 兀匕賰乇 卮賷卅丕 亘禺氐賵氐 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐賾丞貙 賵 爻兀賰鬲賮賷 兀賷囟丕 亘鬲乇卮賷丨賴丕 賱毓卮丕賯 丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱毓賲賷賯丞 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 賵丕賱噩匕丕亘丞 .
亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 氐乇丕丨丞 賴賵 鬲賱賰 丕賱賳賵毓賷丞 賲賳 丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱鬲賾賷 鬲賮丕噩卅賰貙 丕賱鬲賾賷 鬲禺亘胤賰貙 丕賱鬲賾賷 鬲賱胤賲賰貙 鬲氐賮毓賰貙 鬲囟乇亘賰 .. 賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賰賷賮 兀氐賮 丨賯賷賯丞 兀賵 賲丕賴賷丞 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓賵乇貙 賵 賱賰賳 兀馗賳 兀賳賾 兀睾賱亘賰賲 賯丿 噩乇賾亘賴.
鬲禺鬲丕乇 賯氐賾丞 賲丕 兀賵 乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵 丨鬲賾賶 賰鬲丕亘 賵鬲亘丿兀 賮賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵賰丨丕賱 丕賱亘丿丕賷丕鬲 丿丕卅賲丕 賲丕 賷賰賵賳 賴賳丕賰 賳賵毓 胤賮賷賮 賲賳 丕賱賲賱賱 .. 賵兀丨賷丕賳丕 賷氐丕丨亘 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賱賱 賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱賳賾丿賲 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱丕禺鬲賷丕乇貙 賵賴賳丕 兀賳丕 兀鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 卮毓賵乇 囟卅賷賱 噩丿丕 賵賱賰賳賾賴 賲賵噩賵丿貙 孬賲賾 賮噩兀丞 賵賲賳 丿賵賳 爻丕亘賯 廿賳匕丕乇 鬲噩丿 賳賮爻賰 鬲噩乇賷 亘賷賳 丕賱爻賾胤賵乇 賲鬲毓賱賾賯丕 賵賲賳睾賲爻丕 亘賲毓丕賳賷 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲貙 賲鬲兀賲賾賱丕 賮賷 爻賷乇賵乇丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 鬲噩丿 賳賮爻賰 賵賯丿 賯乇兀鬲 毓丿賾丞 氐賮丨丕鬲 丿賵賳 卮毓賵乇 .. 賱兀賳賰 鬲賱丕丨賲鬲 賵丕賳睾賲爻鬲貙 亘賱 賵爻丕賮乇鬲 丿丕禺賱 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲乇賰賷亘丞 賲賳 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 .. 賵賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷 丕賱匕賾賷 賱賲 賵 賱賳 賷乇鬲亘胤 亘毓丿丿 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 兀亘丿丕 . 賵賯氐賾鬲賳丕 賴匕賴 鬲賳鬲賲賷 廿賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱廿亘丿丕毓 .
爻兀賰鬲賮賷 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賯丿乇 .. 賵 賱賳 兀匕賰乇 卮賷卅丕 亘禺氐賵氐 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐賾丞貙 賵 爻兀賰鬲賮賷 兀賷囟丕 亘鬲乇卮賷丨賴丕 賱毓卮丕賯 丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱毓賲賷賯丞 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 賵丕賱噩匕丕亘丞 .
February 19, 2025
This is how you write a novella. Well written, gripping, intense, insightful, educational and emotional. All of that in 60 pages, what an achievement.
The novel is set on a vessel travelling from New York to Buenos Aires. One of the ship's guests is the world chess champion of the time. He was an unfriendly individual, lacking any social skills or intelligence besides chess. The narrator never met a chess player before and together with another man they convince the champion to play with them for a fee. At the game, a few interested spectators gather around the chess table and one of them intervenes at a crucial moment and proves to be a match for the champion. The mysterious stranger later confesses to the narrator that he hasn't played chess at a table since childhood. He then proceeds to tell the narrator his life story and how he came about to know chess so well. It is a grueling story about madness, Nazism and survival mechanisms. I do not want to discuss more about the plot because it should be discovered by the reader.
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer whose work consisted mostly of novellas and short stories. He went in exile to Brazil where he committed suicide together with his wife in 1942. This novella is the last of his work and it was submitted a few days before his death.
The novel is set on a vessel travelling from New York to Buenos Aires. One of the ship's guests is the world chess champion of the time. He was an unfriendly individual, lacking any social skills or intelligence besides chess. The narrator never met a chess player before and together with another man they convince the champion to play with them for a fee. At the game, a few interested spectators gather around the chess table and one of them intervenes at a crucial moment and proves to be a match for the champion. The mysterious stranger later confesses to the narrator that he hasn't played chess at a table since childhood. He then proceeds to tell the narrator his life story and how he came about to know chess so well. It is a grueling story about madness, Nazism and survival mechanisms. I do not want to discuss more about the plot because it should be discovered by the reader.
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer whose work consisted mostly of novellas and short stories. He went in exile to Brazil where he committed suicide together with his wife in 1942. This novella is the last of his work and it was submitted a few days before his death.
February 19, 2025
Check Mate!
Mirko Czentovic is the uncontested worldwide champion of Chess. His story fantastic, as a near brainless savant who stormed the game by surprise, beating every chess grand-master out there, and rising to glory from nowhere. Traveling on a boat to Buenos Aires for his next challenge, he engages in a friendly casual match with Dr. B, a mysterious unranked player from distant lands that hasn't played in decades. In the middle of the seas, just by mere chance, he may have finally met his greatest match.
This was great! Very good, actually makes me want to play chess again. Fabulous concept; a highly engaging plot, two very compelling characters and an almost flawless delivery. By far the best chess story I've ever read hands down, no contest. Then again the only one I've ever read as of today, so comparatively speaking I guess it was an easy win.
As a fairly good casual player of the game back in the day, I think I could enjoy this story at a different level. Yet I don't think you necessarily need to know Chess or even how to play it in order to enjoy it, but I do believe it can be better and more deeply appreciated by those who do. Still, solidly Recommendable, for any audience, player or not.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1942] [104p] [Fiction] [Recommendable]
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Jaque Mate!
Mirko Czentovic es el indiscutible campe贸n mundial de ajedrez. Su historia fant谩stica, como un sabio sin cerebro que tom贸 el juego por sorpresa, venciendo a todos los grandes maestros de ajedrez, y ascendiendo a la gloria desde la nada. Viajando en un barco hacia Buenos Aires para su pr贸ximo desaf铆o, se entabla en un amistoso partido casual con Dr. B, un misterioso jugador sin clasificaci贸n de tierras lejanas que no ha jugado en d茅cadas. En medio de los mares, por mera casualidad, puede que finalmente haya encontrado a su mayor rival.
Esto estuvo genial! Muy bueno, de hecho me hace querer jugar ajedrez de nuevo. Fant谩stico concepto; una trama altamente atrapante, dos personajes muy cautivantes y una entrega casi perfecta. Por lejos la mejor historia de ajedrez que he le铆do jam谩s, sin lugar dudas. Aunque bueno, la 煤nica que he le铆do hasta el momento, as铆 que comparativamente hablando supongo que fue una victoria f谩cil.
Como un decente jugador casual del juego all谩 en su d铆a, creo que pude disfrutar esta historia en otro nivel. Sin embargo, no creo que sea estrictamente necesario saber ajedrez o incluso c贸mo jugarlo para poder disfrutarlo, pero s铆 creo que aquellos que lo conocen podr铆an llegar a apreciarlo mejor y m谩s profundamente. A煤n as铆, s贸lidamente recomendable, para cualquier auciencia, jugador o no.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1942] [104p] [Ficci贸n] [Recomendable]
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Mirko Czentovic is the uncontested worldwide champion of Chess. His story fantastic, as a near brainless savant who stormed the game by surprise, beating every chess grand-master out there, and rising to glory from nowhere. Traveling on a boat to Buenos Aires for his next challenge, he engages in a friendly casual match with Dr. B, a mysterious unranked player from distant lands that hasn't played in decades. In the middle of the seas, just by mere chance, he may have finally met his greatest match.
This was great! Very good, actually makes me want to play chess again. Fabulous concept; a highly engaging plot, two very compelling characters and an almost flawless delivery. By far the best chess story I've ever read hands down, no contest. Then again the only one I've ever read as of today, so comparatively speaking I guess it was an easy win.
As a fairly good casual player of the game back in the day, I think I could enjoy this story at a different level. Yet I don't think you necessarily need to know Chess or even how to play it in order to enjoy it, but I do believe it can be better and more deeply appreciated by those who do. Still, solidly Recommendable, for any audience, player or not.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1942] [104p] [Fiction] [Recommendable]
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Jaque Mate!
Mirko Czentovic es el indiscutible campe贸n mundial de ajedrez. Su historia fant谩stica, como un sabio sin cerebro que tom贸 el juego por sorpresa, venciendo a todos los grandes maestros de ajedrez, y ascendiendo a la gloria desde la nada. Viajando en un barco hacia Buenos Aires para su pr贸ximo desaf铆o, se entabla en un amistoso partido casual con Dr. B, un misterioso jugador sin clasificaci贸n de tierras lejanas que no ha jugado en d茅cadas. En medio de los mares, por mera casualidad, puede que finalmente haya encontrado a su mayor rival.
Esto estuvo genial! Muy bueno, de hecho me hace querer jugar ajedrez de nuevo. Fant谩stico concepto; una trama altamente atrapante, dos personajes muy cautivantes y una entrega casi perfecta. Por lejos la mejor historia de ajedrez que he le铆do jam谩s, sin lugar dudas. Aunque bueno, la 煤nica que he le铆do hasta el momento, as铆 que comparativamente hablando supongo que fue una victoria f谩cil.
Como un decente jugador casual del juego all谩 en su d铆a, creo que pude disfrutar esta historia en otro nivel. Sin embargo, no creo que sea estrictamente necesario saber ajedrez o incluso c贸mo jugarlo para poder disfrutarlo, pero s铆 creo que aquellos que lo conocen podr铆an llegar a apreciarlo mejor y m谩s profundamente. A煤n as铆, s贸lidamente recomendable, para cualquier auciencia, jugador o no.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1942] [104p] [Ficci贸n] [Recomendable]
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December 20, 2021
鈥�The more one limits oneself, the closer one is to the infinite; these people, as unworldly as they seem, burrow like termites into their own particular material to construct, in miniature, a strange and utterly individual image of the world.鈥�
*EDIT 12/20/21*
Chess, the 鈥楻oyal Game鈥�, 鈥�regally eschews the tyranny of chance and awards its palms of victory only to the intellect, or rather to a certain type of intellectual gift.鈥� Stefan Zweig plunges the reader into this cold, calculating world through a simple premise of a chess match between the reigning world champion and a mysterious doctor who reveals an incredible knowledge of the game鈥檚 strategy despite his claims that he hasn鈥檛 touched a chessboard for over twenty years. In a mere 80 pages, Zweig鈥檚 Chess Story, reaches an emotional and psychological depth that leaves the reader shivering with horror through a haunting allegory of Nazi Germany where human lives are mere wooden pieces to be strategically moved and sacrificed by an indifferent hand.
Zweig鈥檚 grasp on human nature is chillingly accurate, and the few characters presented come alive through such simple descriptions of their psychology, made easily accessible through having a psychologist serve as the narrator. Czentovic, the reigning world chess champion, quickly develops into a lifelike monomaniac through the brief summary of his life. This apathetic, uneducated youth miraculously develops a keen intellect for chess, being described as 鈥楤alaam鈥檚 ass鈥� when his talents are revealed, and quickly defeats chess masters across the world which 鈥�transformed his original lack of self-confidence into a cold pride that for the most part he did not trouble to hide.鈥� Zweig presents us with a highly unlikeable adversary, a wealthy, self-important man who looks upon all those around him as if they 鈥�were lifeless wooden pieces鈥� despite his vulgar manners and 鈥�boundless ignorance鈥� towards anything intellectual aside from chess (there is a wonderful aside where the narrators fried remarks 鈥�isn鈥檛 it damn easy to think you鈥檙e a great man if you aren鈥檛 troubled by the slightest notion that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante, or Napoleon even existed?鈥�). We can all put a face to this character, we鈥檝e all encountered someone vain and offensive who, despite our disdain, will always be able to sneer down upon us because we are no match to the one talent they hold most dear. While aboard a steamship, the passengers arrange a chess match with the great Czentovic, him versus all others, in which he crushed them in the first game without hiding his arrogance of being the superior.
Enter our hero, Dr. B, an immediately likeable, shy and nervous man with an immense intellect that bestows a method for forcing a draw with the great chess master. For the majority of the novella, the reader must face the horrors of Dr. B鈥檚 pas to understand where his talents grew, somehow blossoming in the cracks of soul-crushing interment in the Gestapo headquarters. Often relaying the story in the second-person, the use of 鈥榶ou鈥� brings the reader into maddening solitude of Dr. B, enduring his pain along with him, and even the most calloused of readers must come away with a residue of unbearable horrors and madness forever coating their consciousness. Zweig, having fled his home in Austria in fear of the Nazis, forces the reader to witness and endure a fate worse than the sickening dehumanization and deathly labor of a concentration camp, but to share in his solitude, emphasized in frightening proportions by Dr. B鈥檚 torment that is 鈥�a force more sophisticated than crude beating of physical torture: the most exquisite isolation imaginable鈥�.
The allegory presented in the novella is sickening enough to rot any heart. We have Germany ruled by an inhumane, obdurate hand, cold and calculating in each move it makes, and we have the artistic mind going mad in solitude. Creativity and art is trampled by the sinister, calculating powers that march forward seeking victory, unshaken by the countless lives that must be sacrificed to achieve it. Chess, however, is a game of two sides, black and white, and Zweig pushes his allegory even further to represent this duality. As in the 鈥榖lind鈥� games played in Dr. B鈥檚 head, Germany undergoes schizophrenia of sorts, declaring war on itself by seeking to exterminate those within, be it for their religious or political views. While chess becomes a solace to Dr. B, it can also be observed as a metaphor of National Socialism 鈥� what had roots as something empowering, something to cling to in order to rise up from the depth of depression (ie. his solitude or the state of Germany post-WWI), can become something fierce, violent and destructive as history has revealed and as is seen in the mania that grips our hero in this tale.
Zweig displays a mastery over his writing much as his characters do over chess. While the subject matter is sure to weigh heavy on the mind鹿, the writing comes across effortlessly and pleasingly, almost as if it were intended to purvey an uplifting, humorous tale. I had a laugh as Zweig probed my own literary pretentions, casting Czentovic鈥檚 vain disinterest and quick removal from the vicinity of a chess match between two 鈥�third-rate鈥� players as being 鈥�as naturally as any of us might toss aside a bad detective novel in a bookstore without even opening it, he walked away from our table and out of the smoking room.鈥� The language flows and manages to embrace the reader through its simplicity, although it drags along a heavy burden with it. There was one aspect of the narrative that specifically caught my attention, and as I am still just a blind child testing the waters of literature, I would like to present to those of you whom I look up to this query of mine. Zweig often has his narrator connect the dots for the reader, such as when Czentovic states that he allowed the draw to happen, saying 鈥�I deliberately gave him a chance鈥�, a few lines later the narrator asserts that 鈥�as we all knew, Czentovic had certainly not magnanimously given our unknown benefactor a chance, and this remark was nothing more than a simple-minded excuse for his own failure.鈥�
In my initial read of the book I had written that I found some elements to seem overly explanatory, though as Traveller so eloquently pointed out (see comments below), Zweig uses a nested-narrative style and the author and characters point of views are separate, with many of the dot-connecting moments being rational details the narrator would add. Something I enjoy about this website is the ability to connect and discuss books with people and gain a new perspective. Another thing I enjoy is being able to revisit my own thoughts and see how they have changed/developed/etc over the years. Thanks to everyone who has ever engaged on book chat here, it makes for a really fulfilling experience.
Chess Story is a tiny powerhouse of depth. The conclusion had me pacing back and forth in the snow smoking a cigarette to calm the ever-increasing beating of my heart. It is horrific, it is harrowing, it is pure brilliance floating from the page. Despite it鈥檚 small size, this is not a novella to be taken lightly, as it will leave a dark cloud over your thoughts once the final page has found its way into your heart. Zweig is a master of the human psychology, and a master and condensing such potent messages into a tiny novella. The clash between an uncaring, calculating intellect and the manic but human mind of a hero will grip you until the end, which comes both mercifully soon (this book is easily read in an hour), yet far too soon. The allegory is ripe and shakes you to the core.
4.5/5
鹿 The fact that Zweig eliminated his own map shortly after completion of Chess Story will come as no surprise, for the darkness this story wallows in is something that an optimistic mind wouldn鈥檛 dare approach. As Nietzsche said: 鈥� if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you鈥�. When I was at the edge of my teenage years, a former English teacher and close friend of mine warned me of wallowing in the darkness of literature and philosophy, telling me 鈥榯he longer you flirt with darkness, the more it seeps into your soul鈥�, which, while being a spin on the Nietzsche quote, has never left the back of my mind. From that I learned to climb out from the depths and appreciate things that satisfy a lighter side of myself, the white side of the chessboard, without spending all my time feeding the darker side. Without such guidance I wouldn't be here to write this today.
鈥�But is it not already an insult to call chess anything so narrow as a game? Is it not also a science, an art, a unique yoking of opposites, ancient and yet eternally new, mechanically constituted and yet an activity of the imagination alone, limited to a fixed geometric area but unlimited in its permutations, constantly evolving and yet sterile, a cogitation producing nothing, a mathematics calculating nothing, an art without an artwork, an architecture without substance, the only game that belongs to all peoples and all eras, while no one knows what god put it on earth to deaden boredom, sharpen the mind, and fortify the spirit? Where does it begin, where does it end?鈥�
*EDIT 12/20/21*
Chess, the 鈥楻oyal Game鈥�, 鈥�regally eschews the tyranny of chance and awards its palms of victory only to the intellect, or rather to a certain type of intellectual gift.鈥� Stefan Zweig plunges the reader into this cold, calculating world through a simple premise of a chess match between the reigning world champion and a mysterious doctor who reveals an incredible knowledge of the game鈥檚 strategy despite his claims that he hasn鈥檛 touched a chessboard for over twenty years. In a mere 80 pages, Zweig鈥檚 Chess Story, reaches an emotional and psychological depth that leaves the reader shivering with horror through a haunting allegory of Nazi Germany where human lives are mere wooden pieces to be strategically moved and sacrificed by an indifferent hand.
Zweig鈥檚 grasp on human nature is chillingly accurate, and the few characters presented come alive through such simple descriptions of their psychology, made easily accessible through having a psychologist serve as the narrator. Czentovic, the reigning world chess champion, quickly develops into a lifelike monomaniac through the brief summary of his life. This apathetic, uneducated youth miraculously develops a keen intellect for chess, being described as 鈥楤alaam鈥檚 ass鈥� when his talents are revealed, and quickly defeats chess masters across the world which 鈥�transformed his original lack of self-confidence into a cold pride that for the most part he did not trouble to hide.鈥� Zweig presents us with a highly unlikeable adversary, a wealthy, self-important man who looks upon all those around him as if they 鈥�were lifeless wooden pieces鈥� despite his vulgar manners and 鈥�boundless ignorance鈥� towards anything intellectual aside from chess (there is a wonderful aside where the narrators fried remarks 鈥�isn鈥檛 it damn easy to think you鈥檙e a great man if you aren鈥檛 troubled by the slightest notion that Rembrandt, Beethoven, Dante, or Napoleon even existed?鈥�). We can all put a face to this character, we鈥檝e all encountered someone vain and offensive who, despite our disdain, will always be able to sneer down upon us because we are no match to the one talent they hold most dear. While aboard a steamship, the passengers arrange a chess match with the great Czentovic, him versus all others, in which he crushed them in the first game without hiding his arrogance of being the superior.
Enter our hero, Dr. B, an immediately likeable, shy and nervous man with an immense intellect that bestows a method for forcing a draw with the great chess master. For the majority of the novella, the reader must face the horrors of Dr. B鈥檚 pas to understand where his talents grew, somehow blossoming in the cracks of soul-crushing interment in the Gestapo headquarters. Often relaying the story in the second-person, the use of 鈥榶ou鈥� brings the reader into maddening solitude of Dr. B, enduring his pain along with him, and even the most calloused of readers must come away with a residue of unbearable horrors and madness forever coating their consciousness. Zweig, having fled his home in Austria in fear of the Nazis, forces the reader to witness and endure a fate worse than the sickening dehumanization and deathly labor of a concentration camp, but to share in his solitude, emphasized in frightening proportions by Dr. B鈥檚 torment that is 鈥�a force more sophisticated than crude beating of physical torture: the most exquisite isolation imaginable鈥�.
The allegory presented in the novella is sickening enough to rot any heart. We have Germany ruled by an inhumane, obdurate hand, cold and calculating in each move it makes, and we have the artistic mind going mad in solitude. Creativity and art is trampled by the sinister, calculating powers that march forward seeking victory, unshaken by the countless lives that must be sacrificed to achieve it. Chess, however, is a game of two sides, black and white, and Zweig pushes his allegory even further to represent this duality. As in the 鈥榖lind鈥� games played in Dr. B鈥檚 head, Germany undergoes schizophrenia of sorts, declaring war on itself by seeking to exterminate those within, be it for their religious or political views. While chess becomes a solace to Dr. B, it can also be observed as a metaphor of National Socialism 鈥� what had roots as something empowering, something to cling to in order to rise up from the depth of depression (ie. his solitude or the state of Germany post-WWI), can become something fierce, violent and destructive as history has revealed and as is seen in the mania that grips our hero in this tale.
Zweig displays a mastery over his writing much as his characters do over chess. While the subject matter is sure to weigh heavy on the mind鹿, the writing comes across effortlessly and pleasingly, almost as if it were intended to purvey an uplifting, humorous tale. I had a laugh as Zweig probed my own literary pretentions, casting Czentovic鈥檚 vain disinterest and quick removal from the vicinity of a chess match between two 鈥�third-rate鈥� players as being 鈥�as naturally as any of us might toss aside a bad detective novel in a bookstore without even opening it, he walked away from our table and out of the smoking room.鈥� The language flows and manages to embrace the reader through its simplicity, although it drags along a heavy burden with it. There was one aspect of the narrative that specifically caught my attention, and as I am still just a blind child testing the waters of literature, I would like to present to those of you whom I look up to this query of mine. Zweig often has his narrator connect the dots for the reader, such as when Czentovic states that he allowed the draw to happen, saying 鈥�I deliberately gave him a chance鈥�, a few lines later the narrator asserts that 鈥�as we all knew, Czentovic had certainly not magnanimously given our unknown benefactor a chance, and this remark was nothing more than a simple-minded excuse for his own failure.鈥�
In my initial read of the book I had written that I found some elements to seem overly explanatory, though as Traveller so eloquently pointed out (see comments below), Zweig uses a nested-narrative style and the author and characters point of views are separate, with many of the dot-connecting moments being rational details the narrator would add. Something I enjoy about this website is the ability to connect and discuss books with people and gain a new perspective. Another thing I enjoy is being able to revisit my own thoughts and see how they have changed/developed/etc over the years. Thanks to everyone who has ever engaged on book chat here, it makes for a really fulfilling experience.
Chess Story is a tiny powerhouse of depth. The conclusion had me pacing back and forth in the snow smoking a cigarette to calm the ever-increasing beating of my heart. It is horrific, it is harrowing, it is pure brilliance floating from the page. Despite it鈥檚 small size, this is not a novella to be taken lightly, as it will leave a dark cloud over your thoughts once the final page has found its way into your heart. Zweig is a master of the human psychology, and a master and condensing such potent messages into a tiny novella. The clash between an uncaring, calculating intellect and the manic but human mind of a hero will grip you until the end, which comes both mercifully soon (this book is easily read in an hour), yet far too soon. The allegory is ripe and shakes you to the core.
4.5/5
鹿 The fact that Zweig eliminated his own map shortly after completion of Chess Story will come as no surprise, for the darkness this story wallows in is something that an optimistic mind wouldn鈥檛 dare approach. As Nietzsche said: 鈥� if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you鈥�. When I was at the edge of my teenage years, a former English teacher and close friend of mine warned me of wallowing in the darkness of literature and philosophy, telling me 鈥榯he longer you flirt with darkness, the more it seeps into your soul鈥�, which, while being a spin on the Nietzsche quote, has never left the back of my mind. From that I learned to climb out from the depths and appreciate things that satisfy a lighter side of myself, the white side of the chessboard, without spending all my time feeding the darker side. Without such guidance I wouldn't be here to write this today.
鈥�But is it not already an insult to call chess anything so narrow as a game? Is it not also a science, an art, a unique yoking of opposites, ancient and yet eternally new, mechanically constituted and yet an activity of the imagination alone, limited to a fixed geometric area but unlimited in its permutations, constantly evolving and yet sterile, a cogitation producing nothing, a mathematics calculating nothing, an art without an artwork, an architecture without substance, the only game that belongs to all peoples and all eras, while no one knows what god put it on earth to deaden boredom, sharpen the mind, and fortify the spirit? Where does it begin, where does it end?鈥�
January 3, 2024
shameful confession time:
i don't know how to play chess.
but i do know how to read. and that, in this case, has to count for something.
this is incisive and effective in both of its purposes: as a book, and as a goodbye. stefan zweig's finale is a searing condemnation of fascism that uses its few pages so subtly and well it carries the power of a far longer volume.
in these times, it's a useful reminder of why we say never again, and why we mean it for anyone.
bottom line: slim and unforgettable.
i don't know how to play chess.
but i do know how to read. and that, in this case, has to count for something.
this is incisive and effective in both of its purposes: as a book, and as a goodbye. stefan zweig's finale is a searing condemnation of fascism that uses its few pages so subtly and well it carries the power of a far longer volume.
in these times, it's a useful reminder of why we say never again, and why we mean it for anyone.
bottom line: slim and unforgettable.
September 5, 2023
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April 27, 2019
We Are Never Alone
With astounding concision in a short story about chess, Zweig outlines a profound psychological theory: that a human being鈥檚 greatest resource - the ability to reflect upon himself and his actions - is also his greatest vulnerability.
Experience alone, without the capacity to reflect upon it, provides rigid rules for responding to situations which never quite repeat themselves. Reflective ability creates the ability to cope with entirely novel conditions through the power to re-shape the rules, to imagine alternative experiences. By standing, as it were, outside ourselves, we are able to create a context for ourselves, and consequently meaning.
On the other hand this reflective ability implies a 鈥渟elf fragmentation into the white ego and the black ego鈥� and the potential for an 鈥渋nduced schizophrenia鈥� or, more generally, for debilitating mental illness. Pushed to an extreme of sensual deprivation, Zweig suggests, we may be able to save ourselves from insanity through imagination. But this route to salvation is dangerously close to a different kind of insanity. We are tempted to move from an absence of meaning to an obsessive singular meaning which dominates the self that creates it.
The implication of course is that neuroses are purposeful, even heroic responses to difficult circumstances. Having used these neuroses successfully, they threaten to become habitual. And it is at that point we need some sort of friendly helping hand to avoid disaster. Not quite Freudian therefore, but very Viennese.
Postscript: An interesting recent philosophical piece on the same general idea may be found in Sloman and Fernbach鈥檚 The Knowledge Illusion: /review/show...
With astounding concision in a short story about chess, Zweig outlines a profound psychological theory: that a human being鈥檚 greatest resource - the ability to reflect upon himself and his actions - is also his greatest vulnerability.
Experience alone, without the capacity to reflect upon it, provides rigid rules for responding to situations which never quite repeat themselves. Reflective ability creates the ability to cope with entirely novel conditions through the power to re-shape the rules, to imagine alternative experiences. By standing, as it were, outside ourselves, we are able to create a context for ourselves, and consequently meaning.
On the other hand this reflective ability implies a 鈥渟elf fragmentation into the white ego and the black ego鈥� and the potential for an 鈥渋nduced schizophrenia鈥� or, more generally, for debilitating mental illness. Pushed to an extreme of sensual deprivation, Zweig suggests, we may be able to save ourselves from insanity through imagination. But this route to salvation is dangerously close to a different kind of insanity. We are tempted to move from an absence of meaning to an obsessive singular meaning which dominates the self that creates it.
The implication of course is that neuroses are purposeful, even heroic responses to difficult circumstances. Having used these neuroses successfully, they threaten to become habitual. And it is at that point we need some sort of friendly helping hand to avoid disaster. Not quite Freudian therefore, but very Viennese.
Postscript: An interesting recent philosophical piece on the same general idea may be found in Sloman and Fernbach鈥檚 The Knowledge Illusion: /review/show...
October 25, 2020
鈥滿y pleasure in playing became a desire to play, a mania, a frenzy, which permeated not only my waking hours but gradually my sleep too. Chess was all I could think about, chess moves, chess problems were the only form my thoughts could take; sometimes I awoke with a sweaty brow and understood that I must have unconsciously gone on playing even while I slept, and if I dreamt of people, all they did was move like the bishop or the rook, or hopscotch like the knight.鈥�
We never are formally introduced to Dr. B. We meet him during a chess match aboard a ship bound for South America when our narrator and some acquaintances of his are taking on a grand champion, Mirko Czentovic. They are being beaten handily until Dr. B. steps forward out of pity or probably more likely being pushed by his own mania for the game.
I鈥檓 not a fan of chess or any game for that matter. I鈥檝e played some hands of poker without becoming too jittery, but for the most part, participating in games (I鈥檓 told it is an essential part of being social) is not my cup of tea. I will be sitting there, moving domino tiles about, or fiddling with scrabble squares, or waiting to move the Scottie dog (I won鈥檛 play at all unless it is understood I鈥檓 always the Scottie) to Park Place or Ventnor Avenue, and be wistfully moping for some intersection to come along so I can return to reading my books. Which is a nice segway into what really began this obsession for Dr. B. It was a book.
Incarcerated by the Nazis, battered mentally and physically, with no relief from the boredom and anxiety between bouts of interrogation, he gets an opportunity to steal a book. He takes the book.
鈥滿y knees began to shake: a BOOK! For four months I had not held a book in my hands, and there was something intoxicating and at the same time stupefying in the mere thought of a book, in which you could see words one after another, lines, paragraphs, pages, a book in which you could read, follow, take into your mind the new, different, diverting thoughts of another person.鈥�
Of course, he is disappointed it is a chess book. He would give an appendage for a novel by one of the great ones. A book he can escape into and take a mental vacation somewhere far, far away from his present circumstances. Needless to say, chess proves to be equally, if not more, diverting for his feverish brain.
I do understand the concept of playing chess in your sleep. I often catch myself reading in my sleep. I wake up the next morning and realize I鈥檓 as mentally fatigued as when I went to bed because I am reading page after page all night long. As far as I know, I don鈥檛 retain anything from these hours of reading, but maybe it is locked away in my brain somewhere waiting for a good thump on the head to spill it out into useful memory.
Stefan Zweig and his wife Lotte.
Stefan Zweig was one of the most widely, internationally read authors at his death in 1942. He wrote these long, complex sentences and paragraphs, but with puffs of air beneath them. I just read and kept reading. It was impossible to stop. It was as if I had a stiff headwind behind me that pushed me along. I didn鈥檛 intend to read this book in one sitting, but his writing certainly compelled me to continue reading. After all, one can鈥檛 stop in the middle of a waxed slippery slide. Zweig was understandably soul sad at what was happening in Germany and across Europe. It was simply too much for him to live with. He and his wife had a suicide pact and died together. He was a monumental loss to literature.
Take it from me, I鈥檓 the last person to want to read a book about chess, but the compelling elements of understanding the mind of Dr. B. make the chess merely a backdrop for the real game being played for the sanctity of his sanity.
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We never are formally introduced to Dr. B. We meet him during a chess match aboard a ship bound for South America when our narrator and some acquaintances of his are taking on a grand champion, Mirko Czentovic. They are being beaten handily until Dr. B. steps forward out of pity or probably more likely being pushed by his own mania for the game.
I鈥檓 not a fan of chess or any game for that matter. I鈥檝e played some hands of poker without becoming too jittery, but for the most part, participating in games (I鈥檓 told it is an essential part of being social) is not my cup of tea. I will be sitting there, moving domino tiles about, or fiddling with scrabble squares, or waiting to move the Scottie dog (I won鈥檛 play at all unless it is understood I鈥檓 always the Scottie) to Park Place or Ventnor Avenue, and be wistfully moping for some intersection to come along so I can return to reading my books. Which is a nice segway into what really began this obsession for Dr. B. It was a book.
Incarcerated by the Nazis, battered mentally and physically, with no relief from the boredom and anxiety between bouts of interrogation, he gets an opportunity to steal a book. He takes the book.
鈥滿y knees began to shake: a BOOK! For four months I had not held a book in my hands, and there was something intoxicating and at the same time stupefying in the mere thought of a book, in which you could see words one after another, lines, paragraphs, pages, a book in which you could read, follow, take into your mind the new, different, diverting thoughts of another person.鈥�
Of course, he is disappointed it is a chess book. He would give an appendage for a novel by one of the great ones. A book he can escape into and take a mental vacation somewhere far, far away from his present circumstances. Needless to say, chess proves to be equally, if not more, diverting for his feverish brain.
I do understand the concept of playing chess in your sleep. I often catch myself reading in my sleep. I wake up the next morning and realize I鈥檓 as mentally fatigued as when I went to bed because I am reading page after page all night long. As far as I know, I don鈥檛 retain anything from these hours of reading, but maybe it is locked away in my brain somewhere waiting for a good thump on the head to spill it out into useful memory.
Stefan Zweig and his wife Lotte.
Stefan Zweig was one of the most widely, internationally read authors at his death in 1942. He wrote these long, complex sentences and paragraphs, but with puffs of air beneath them. I just read and kept reading. It was impossible to stop. It was as if I had a stiff headwind behind me that pushed me along. I didn鈥檛 intend to read this book in one sitting, but his writing certainly compelled me to continue reading. After all, one can鈥檛 stop in the middle of a waxed slippery slide. Zweig was understandably soul sad at what was happening in Germany and across Europe. It was simply too much for him to live with. He and his wife had a suicide pact and died together. He was a monumental loss to literature.
Take it from me, I鈥檓 the last person to want to read a book about chess, but the compelling elements of understanding the mind of Dr. B. make the chess merely a backdrop for the real game being played for the sanctity of his sanity.
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September 23, 2022
Human mind鈥� Its full abilities still remain unknown鈥�
In his profoundly psychological Chess Story Stefan Zweig explores some capabilities of human mind鈥�
Human mind is capable to solve impossible problems鈥� And human mind may simply go astray.
In his profoundly psychological Chess Story Stefan Zweig explores some capabilities of human mind鈥�
All my life I have been passionately interested in monomaniacs of any kind, people carried away by a single idea. The more one limits oneself, the closer one is to the infinite; these people, as unworldly as they seem, burrow like termites into their own particular material to construct, in miniature, a strange and utterly individual image of the world.
Human mind is capable to solve impossible problems鈥� And human mind may simply go astray.
December 13, 2020
鈥淪aludo a todos mis amigos. Que se les permita ver la aurora de esta larga noche. Yo, demasiado impaciente, me voy antes.鈥� (Frase final de la nota de suicidio de Stefan Zweig, un a帽o despu茅s de escribir esta novela)La novela es, entre otras cosas, la historia de una partida de ajedrez, y, como en el juego, Zweig estructura su relato colocando las piezas en el tablero con parsimonia, movi茅ndolas con rapidez en la apertura y con m谩s detenimiento en el juego medio hasta llegar al v茅rtigo de las jugadas finales, en este caso, de la partida final. Una partida que se hace dif铆cil no identificar con el conflicto b茅lico de la segunda guerra mundial. Una m谩quina de mente fr铆a y calculadora, despiadada, asentada en una seguridad inquebrantable, lenta y devastadora, contra la pasi贸n, la libertad, la creatividad, la duda. Y quiz谩s no sea otra cosa esta nueva delicia que nos regal贸 el autor austriaco en sus postreros a帽os, si adem谩s tenemos en cuenta su profundo pesimismo que le llev贸 a quitarse la vida. Pero, como toda gran novela, no es lo 煤nico que atesora.
鈥溾€imitado a un espacio r铆gidamente geom茅trico y a un tiempo ilimitado en sus combinaciones; en perpetuo desarrollo y sin embargo est茅ril: un pensamiento que no lleva a nada, una matem谩tica que nada calcula, un arte sin obras, una arquitectura sin sustancia, y aun as铆 m谩s manifiestamente perenne en su esencia y existencia que todos los libros y obras de arte鈥︹€�En ese juego medio al que antes alud铆a salen a relucir otras cosas, adem谩s de la intrigante especializaci贸n cerebral del zafio e inculto genio del ajedrez, falto de otra habilidad m谩s all谩 del tablero de 64 escaques, o esa, para m铆 siempre un poco irritante, posibilidad de los ni帽os prodigios, de esos seres nacidos con predisposiciones desconcertantes, son m谩s que interesante todos los dem谩s aspectos que la novela sugiere acerca de nuestra actividad mental: las obsesiones, como esta del juego del ajedrez, capaz de estrechar toda la potencialidad de una mente brillante al movimiento de 32 figuritas de madera sobre un peque帽o tablero, no siendo, efectivamente, m谩s que un juego carente de una utilidad pr谩ctica que no sea el de engrandecer el ego de la mente capaz de someter a su contrincante que, dado que el azar no interviene en ninguna de sus formas, ve como todo su ser, implicado absolutamente en el envite, cae derrotado.
Este poder obsesivo proporcion贸 a un preso del nazismo, uno de los dos contrincantes de la partida final, una especie de escapismo al horror al que fue sometido diariamente por los torturadores nazis gracias a su capacidad de desdoblar su cerebro en dos y enfrentarlos en una partida sin fin, lo que, de paso, le abri贸 las puertas a una c谩rcel no menos oscura: la locura.
December 16, 2015
e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
An interesting short story that it's one of the most famous works by the writer Stefan Zweig that even sadly was published after his suicide.
d4 Bg4
When a story is presented in another language, some elements are lost in the translation, and I think that while Chess Story is a pretty good title, its original title was "The Royal Game" that I think it gives to the story an air of refinement, class and elegance.
dxe5 Bxf3
Besides my interest to try this author, I was intrigued about this short story that evidently was about the game of kings, chess. I am not a good player of chess and I remember how an uncle of mine that he was the one who taught me, he always beat me, every single game, and only once I was able to beat him, I was still a little kid but I clearly remember still how I ran around the house celebrating my victory over my "teacher".
Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6
And interesting enough, I remember (this time not so many long ago) when I was on vacations in a jungle lodge along with my then girlfriend and meanwhile we were waiting for a lodge's boat for a river tour, quite early in the morning, we were on the lodge's game room and there was a chessboard. She asked me if I was interested to play meanwhile the boat would be ready. We play, she lost, and we never play chess anymore in the trip.
Qb3 Qe7
There is an odd effect when we lose on a chess game. I think that anybody thinks that the victor is smarter than the loser. Even, there is the odd custom to think that any chessplayer, and even more a grandmaster must be a really intelligent person. If someone is really good at poker, people can consider him/her like a "wiseguy" and/or a "street smart", but in chess? Oh, they must be intelligent!
Nc3
I remember a trivia about the movies of "X-Men" that the production team had to look for a chess teacher for Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, since they needed to do some scenes playing chess,... adn they didn't know how to play chess!!! I couldn't believe it! Two old BRITISH actors whom seemed so wise that didn't know how to play chess. Again, the common preconception of society that intelligent people should know how to play chess. Curiously enough, they didn't need to do any complicated moves and nevertheless they looked for a Chess Grandmaster to teach them!
c6
It was amusing how this short story reminded me about three TV episodes from the Star Trek franchise: "Let that be your Last Battlefield" (The Original Series, 1969), where you have the last two surviving aliens after a terrible war between two races of a planet where ones had "black" on the left side of the body and "white" on the right side, and the others just the opposite positions of the same colors. "Peak Performance" (The Next Generation, 1989), where a Federation strategist master, who is quite arrogant, sure of himself on his tactics' knowledge, puts on test in war games to the Enterprise-D's crew. And finally "Chain of Command" Parts 1 & 2 (The Next Generation, 1992), where Captain Picard is captured and submitted to a cruel interrogation.
Since Chess Story was originally published on 1942, I wouldn't be surprised that the writers of those episodes took inspiration from several elements of this short story to develop their own scripts.
Bg5 b5
It's quite interesting that the narrator of this story, while he is present and even he interacts with the main characters, one doesn't know what is his name and even he is not really pivotal on the evolution of the events.
Nxb5
And commenting about that, it's quite odd to pick "protagonist" and "antagonist" in this story. Sure, you can hasten on calling Czentovic as the "antagonist" and Dr. B as the "protagonist". However, is that simple? Both has complicated issues, both has conflictive personalities depending the situation. Surely, you can sympathize easier with Dr. B's past but... is Czentovic really guilty of how he is now? Or his own past is also kinda exculpatory of his current personality?
cxb5
Maybe Czentovic and Dr. B are playing in "black & white" boards but hardly they can be seen in so pragmatic absolutes, instead they have a lot of shades of gray.
Bxb5+ Nbd7. 0-0-0
Something that impacted me on the reading of this crafty short story is that both main characters, Czentovic and Dr. B, they share an equal sad trait... both lost the joy of playing chess. Sure, both are masters on the royal game, but honestly, neither of them are enjoying to play it anymore.
Rd8. Rxd7 Rxd7
I couldn't dare to know for real what Stefan Zweig wanted to tell to his readers but at least to me, I got an important lesson: You shouldn't never to get so obsessive while doing what you do for love, reaching a level where you don't enjoy anymore of doing it.
Rd1
Everybody has passions but when you get obssesed about it, you lose the joy of doing it. The most important thing is to keep enjoying whatever you do for the fun of doing it.
Qe6
Life is too short. Enjoy whatever you do. And even something that it's considered as a hobby, an activity of relaxation, can be perverted if you don't enjoy anymore while doing it.
Bxd7+ Nxd7
Commenting about something else, I can't avoid to tell how much amusent provoked me when the priest, who took care of Czentovic, exclaimed: "Balaam's ass!" Honestly, I don't what a priest usually says when he is shocked or when he needs to curse, but reading that exclamation was priceless. So funny!
Qb8+
I am truly glad of having read this short story and I hope to read some more material by this author in the future.
Nxb8 17. Rd8#
Checkmate! 'Nuff said!
An interesting short story that it's one of the most famous works by the writer Stefan Zweig that even sadly was published after his suicide.
d4 Bg4
When a story is presented in another language, some elements are lost in the translation, and I think that while Chess Story is a pretty good title, its original title was "The Royal Game" that I think it gives to the story an air of refinement, class and elegance.
dxe5 Bxf3
Besides my interest to try this author, I was intrigued about this short story that evidently was about the game of kings, chess. I am not a good player of chess and I remember how an uncle of mine that he was the one who taught me, he always beat me, every single game, and only once I was able to beat him, I was still a little kid but I clearly remember still how I ran around the house celebrating my victory over my "teacher".
Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6
And interesting enough, I remember (this time not so many long ago) when I was on vacations in a jungle lodge along with my then girlfriend and meanwhile we were waiting for a lodge's boat for a river tour, quite early in the morning, we were on the lodge's game room and there was a chessboard. She asked me if I was interested to play meanwhile the boat would be ready. We play, she lost, and we never play chess anymore in the trip.
Qb3 Qe7
There is an odd effect when we lose on a chess game. I think that anybody thinks that the victor is smarter than the loser. Even, there is the odd custom to think that any chessplayer, and even more a grandmaster must be a really intelligent person. If someone is really good at poker, people can consider him/her like a "wiseguy" and/or a "street smart", but in chess? Oh, they must be intelligent!
Nc3
I remember a trivia about the movies of "X-Men" that the production team had to look for a chess teacher for Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, since they needed to do some scenes playing chess,... adn they didn't know how to play chess!!! I couldn't believe it! Two old BRITISH actors whom seemed so wise that didn't know how to play chess. Again, the common preconception of society that intelligent people should know how to play chess. Curiously enough, they didn't need to do any complicated moves and nevertheless they looked for a Chess Grandmaster to teach them!
c6
It was amusing how this short story reminded me about three TV episodes from the Star Trek franchise: "Let that be your Last Battlefield" (The Original Series, 1969), where you have the last two surviving aliens after a terrible war between two races of a planet where ones had "black" on the left side of the body and "white" on the right side, and the others just the opposite positions of the same colors. "Peak Performance" (The Next Generation, 1989), where a Federation strategist master, who is quite arrogant, sure of himself on his tactics' knowledge, puts on test in war games to the Enterprise-D's crew. And finally "Chain of Command" Parts 1 & 2 (The Next Generation, 1992), where Captain Picard is captured and submitted to a cruel interrogation.
Since Chess Story was originally published on 1942, I wouldn't be surprised that the writers of those episodes took inspiration from several elements of this short story to develop their own scripts.
Bg5 b5
It's quite interesting that the narrator of this story, while he is present and even he interacts with the main characters, one doesn't know what is his name and even he is not really pivotal on the evolution of the events.
Nxb5
And commenting about that, it's quite odd to pick "protagonist" and "antagonist" in this story. Sure, you can hasten on calling Czentovic as the "antagonist" and Dr. B as the "protagonist". However, is that simple? Both has complicated issues, both has conflictive personalities depending the situation. Surely, you can sympathize easier with Dr. B's past but... is Czentovic really guilty of how he is now? Or his own past is also kinda exculpatory of his current personality?
cxb5
Maybe Czentovic and Dr. B are playing in "black & white" boards but hardly they can be seen in so pragmatic absolutes, instead they have a lot of shades of gray.
Bxb5+ Nbd7. 0-0-0
Something that impacted me on the reading of this crafty short story is that both main characters, Czentovic and Dr. B, they share an equal sad trait... both lost the joy of playing chess. Sure, both are masters on the royal game, but honestly, neither of them are enjoying to play it anymore.
Rd8. Rxd7 Rxd7
I couldn't dare to know for real what Stefan Zweig wanted to tell to his readers but at least to me, I got an important lesson: You shouldn't never to get so obsessive while doing what you do for love, reaching a level where you don't enjoy anymore of doing it.
Rd1
Everybody has passions but when you get obssesed about it, you lose the joy of doing it. The most important thing is to keep enjoying whatever you do for the fun of doing it.
Qe6
Life is too short. Enjoy whatever you do. And even something that it's considered as a hobby, an activity of relaxation, can be perverted if you don't enjoy anymore while doing it.
Bxd7+ Nxd7
Commenting about something else, I can't avoid to tell how much amusent provoked me when the priest, who took care of Czentovic, exclaimed: "Balaam's ass!" Honestly, I don't what a priest usually says when he is shocked or when he needs to curse, but reading that exclamation was priceless. So funny!
Qb8+
I am truly glad of having read this short story and I hope to read some more material by this author in the future.
Nxb8 17. Rd8#
Checkmate! 'Nuff said!
October 24, 2021
Schachnovelle = Le jaueur d'echecs = Chess Story = The Royal Game, Stefan Zweig
The Royal Game is a novella by Austrian author Stefan Zweig first published in 1941, just before the author's death by suicide. In some editions, the title is used for a collection that also includes "Amok", "Burning Secret", "Fear", and "Letter From an Unknown Woman".
Driven to mental anguish as the result of total isolation by the National Socialists, Dr B, a monarchist hiding valuable assets of the nobility from the new regime, maintains his sanity only through the theft of a book of past masters' chess games which he plays endlessly, voraciously learning each one until they overwhelm his imagination to such an extent that he becomes consumed by chess.
After absorbing every single move of any variation in the book, and having nothing more to explore, Dr B begins to play the game against himself, developing the ability to separate his psyche into two personas: I (White) and I (Black).
This psychological conflict causes him to ultimately suffer a breakdown, after which he eventually awakens in a sanatorium. Being saved by a sympathetic physician, who attests his insanity to keep him from being imprisoned again by the Nazis, he is finally set free.
After happening to be on the same cruise liner as a group of chess enthusiasts and the world chess champion Czentovic, he incidentally stumbles across their game against the champion. Mirko Czentovic was a peasant prodigy possessing no obvious redeeming qualities besides his gift for chess.
Dr B helps the chess enthusiasts in managing to draw their game in an almost hopeless position. After this effort, they persuade him to play alone against Czentovic. In a stunning demonstration of his imaginative and combinational powers, Dr B sensationally beats the world champion.
Czentovic immediately suggests a return game to restore his honour. But this time, having sensed that Dr B played quite fast and hardly took time to think, he tries to irritate his opponent by taking several minutes before making a move, thereby putting psychological pressure on Dr B, who gets more and more impatient as the game proceeds.
His greatest power turns out to be his greatest weakness: he devolves into rehearsing imagined matches against himself repeatedly and manically. Czentovic's deliberation and placidness drive Dr B to distraction and ultimately to insanity, culminating in an incorrect statement, after which Dr B awakens from his frenzy.
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The Royal Game is a novella by Austrian author Stefan Zweig first published in 1941, just before the author's death by suicide. In some editions, the title is used for a collection that also includes "Amok", "Burning Secret", "Fear", and "Letter From an Unknown Woman".
Driven to mental anguish as the result of total isolation by the National Socialists, Dr B, a monarchist hiding valuable assets of the nobility from the new regime, maintains his sanity only through the theft of a book of past masters' chess games which he plays endlessly, voraciously learning each one until they overwhelm his imagination to such an extent that he becomes consumed by chess.
After absorbing every single move of any variation in the book, and having nothing more to explore, Dr B begins to play the game against himself, developing the ability to separate his psyche into two personas: I (White) and I (Black).
This psychological conflict causes him to ultimately suffer a breakdown, after which he eventually awakens in a sanatorium. Being saved by a sympathetic physician, who attests his insanity to keep him from being imprisoned again by the Nazis, he is finally set free.
After happening to be on the same cruise liner as a group of chess enthusiasts and the world chess champion Czentovic, he incidentally stumbles across their game against the champion. Mirko Czentovic was a peasant prodigy possessing no obvious redeeming qualities besides his gift for chess.
Dr B helps the chess enthusiasts in managing to draw their game in an almost hopeless position. After this effort, they persuade him to play alone against Czentovic. In a stunning demonstration of his imaginative and combinational powers, Dr B sensationally beats the world champion.
Czentovic immediately suggests a return game to restore his honour. But this time, having sensed that Dr B played quite fast and hardly took time to think, he tries to irritate his opponent by taking several minutes before making a move, thereby putting psychological pressure on Dr B, who gets more and more impatient as the game proceeds.
His greatest power turns out to be his greatest weakness: he devolves into rehearsing imagined matches against himself repeatedly and manically. Czentovic's deliberation and placidness drive Dr B to distraction and ultimately to insanity, culminating in an incorrect statement, after which Dr B awakens from his frenzy.
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December 12, 2016
賱丕毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩
兀丨亘亘鬲 賴匕丕 丕賱賳賲爻丕賵賷 丕賱賲賳賰賵亘 賲賳匕 賯乇兀鬲 賱賴 (丨匕丕乇 賲賳 丕賱卮賮賯丞)貙 孬賲 兀賰孬乇 毓賳丿賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 賱賴 賲匕賰乇丕鬲賴 (毓丕賱賲 丕賱兀賲爻)貙 賵賴丕 賴賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘賴丕 賮賷 兀賷丕賲賴 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 鬲夭賷丿 賴匕賴 丕賱賲丨亘丞 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲乇賵賷 賱賳丕 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱賲賲鬲毓丞 賵丕賱賲丐賱賲丞貙 賷兀鬲賷 噩丕賳亘 丕賱廿賲鬲丕毓 賮賷 卮賯 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱貙 丕賱乇丕賵賷 丕賱匕賷 賷丨丕賵賱 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 賵賮賴賲 賱丕毓亘 卮胤乇賳噩 毓丕賱賲賷 賷乇丕賮賯賴 毓賱賶 亘丕禺乇丞 鬲睾丕丿乇 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賯丿賷賲 廿賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱噩丿賷丿貙 賴匕丕 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱睾乇賷亘 賵丕賱賮匕 丕賱匕賷 賷乇賮囟 兀賳 賷爻賲丨 賱兀丨丿 亘丕賱丕賯鬲乇丕亘 賲賳賴貙 賵賷賱丕毓亘 丕賱噩賲賷毓 亘丕爻鬲禺賮丕賮 賵睾乇賵乇 賲爻鬲賮夭貙 丕賱卮賯 丕賱賲丐賱賲 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷亘丿兀 毓賳丿賲丕 賷馗賴乇 賱丕毓亘 卮胤乇賳噩 孬丕賳賺 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞貙 乇噩賱 賲丨賲賱 亘賯氐丞 胤賵賷賱丞 丕丨鬲噩夭賴 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳丕夭賷賵賳 賮賷 睾乇賮丞 賱卮賴賵乇 胤賵賷賱丞貙 賰丕丿 賷賮賯丿 賮賷賴丕 毓賯賱賴 賱賵賱丕 賰鬲丕亘 氐睾賷乇 賮賷 賯賵丕毓丿 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 鬲毓賱賲 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴 丕賱賱毓亘丞 賵賯賵丕賳賷賳賴丕 賵兀卮賴乇 賳賯賱丕鬲賴丕.
賷亘丿賵 賱賷 兀賳 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱兀賵賱 亘亘乇賵丿賴 賵丕賳睾賱丕賯賴 賵賲賲丕乇爻丕鬲賴 丕賱丕爻鬲賮夭丕夭賷丞 賱賷爻 廿賱丕 乇賲夭 賱賱兀賳馗賲丞 丕賱卮乇爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳鬲氐乇 亘爻丨賯 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賵鬲丨胤賷賲賴賲貙 賮賷賲丕 賷乇賲夭 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱亘爻賷胤貙 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲賴 丕賱廿賮賱丕鬲貙 丕賱賮乇丕乇 賲賳 賰賱 丕賱卮乇賵乇 賵丕賱賳噩丕丞 亘乇賵丨賴 賵廿賳 鬲丨胤賲 亘丿賳賴.
乇賵丕賷丞 毓馗賷賲丞 賵賲賱賴賲丞.
兀丨亘亘鬲 賴匕丕 丕賱賳賲爻丕賵賷 丕賱賲賳賰賵亘 賲賳匕 賯乇兀鬲 賱賴 (丨匕丕乇 賲賳 丕賱卮賮賯丞)貙 孬賲 兀賰孬乇 毓賳丿賲丕 賯乇兀鬲 賱賴 賲匕賰乇丕鬲賴 (毓丕賱賲 丕賱兀賲爻)貙 賵賴丕 賴賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘賴丕 賮賷 兀賷丕賲賴 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 鬲夭賷丿 賴匕賴 丕賱賲丨亘丞 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲乇賵賷 賱賳丕 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱賲賲鬲毓丞 賵丕賱賲丐賱賲丞貙 賷兀鬲賷 噩丕賳亘 丕賱廿賲鬲丕毓 賮賷 卮賯 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱貙 丕賱乇丕賵賷 丕賱匕賷 賷丨丕賵賱 丕賰鬲卮丕賮 賵賮賴賲 賱丕毓亘 卮胤乇賳噩 毓丕賱賲賷 賷乇丕賮賯賴 毓賱賶 亘丕禺乇丞 鬲睾丕丿乇 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賯丿賷賲 廿賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱噩丿賷丿貙 賴匕丕 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱睾乇賷亘 賵丕賱賮匕 丕賱匕賷 賷乇賮囟 兀賳 賷爻賲丨 賱兀丨丿 亘丕賱丕賯鬲乇丕亘 賲賳賴貙 賵賷賱丕毓亘 丕賱噩賲賷毓 亘丕爻鬲禺賮丕賮 賵睾乇賵乇 賲爻鬲賮夭貙 丕賱卮賯 丕賱賲丐賱賲 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷亘丿兀 毓賳丿賲丕 賷馗賴乇 賱丕毓亘 卮胤乇賳噩 孬丕賳賺 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞貙 乇噩賱 賲丨賲賱 亘賯氐丞 胤賵賷賱丞 丕丨鬲噩夭賴 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賳丕夭賷賵賳 賮賷 睾乇賮丞 賱卮賴賵乇 胤賵賷賱丞貙 賰丕丿 賷賮賯丿 賮賷賴丕 毓賯賱賴 賱賵賱丕 賰鬲丕亘 氐睾賷乇 賮賷 賯賵丕毓丿 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 鬲毓賱賲 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴 丕賱賱毓亘丞 賵賯賵丕賳賷賳賴丕 賵兀卮賴乇 賳賯賱丕鬲賴丕.
賷亘丿賵 賱賷 兀賳 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱兀賵賱 亘亘乇賵丿賴 賵丕賳睾賱丕賯賴 賵賲賲丕乇爻丕鬲賴 丕賱丕爻鬲賮夭丕夭賷丞 賱賷爻 廿賱丕 乇賲夭 賱賱兀賳馗賲丞 丕賱卮乇爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳鬲氐乇 亘爻丨賯 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賵鬲丨胤賷賲賴賲貙 賮賷賲丕 賷乇賲夭 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱亘爻賷胤貙 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲賴 丕賱廿賮賱丕鬲貙 丕賱賮乇丕乇 賲賳 賰賱 丕賱卮乇賵乇 賵丕賱賳噩丕丞 亘乇賵丨賴 賵廿賳 鬲丨胤賲 亘丿賳賴.
乇賵丕賷丞 毓馗賷賲丞 賵賲賱賴賲丞.
August 12, 2020
毓亘賯乇賷丞 夭賮丕賷睾 賵睾賲賵囟 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 ..
丿丕卅賲丕賸 賲丕 賰賳鬲 兀鬲爻丕亍賱 毓賲丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷賮毓賱賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賲毓 丕賱賮乇丕睾 丕賱賯丕鬲賱 貙 賲毓 丕賱賮乇丕睾 丕賱賲胤賱賯 貙 丕賱毓丿賲貙 丕賱賱丕卮賷亍 貙 丕賱賴丿賵亍 丕賱賱丕賳賴丕卅賷 ..
賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷鬲禺賷賱 丕賱賲乇亍 賳賮爻賴 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨丕賱丞 賵賱丕 賷賲賰賳 鬲禺賷賱 匕賱賰 毓賱賶 丕賱毓賯賱 丕賱亘卮乇賷貙 賱兀賳賳丕 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卅賲 賮賷 賵噩賵丿 丕卮賷丕亍 丨賵賱賳丕 貙 賴賳丕賰 丕卮賷丕亍 鬲鬲睾賷乇 賵丕賳丕爻 賷鬲丨丿孬賵賳 賵馗賱丕賱 賵丕卮噩丕乇 賵爻賲丕亍 貙 賳丨賳 丕賱睾丕乇賯賵賳 賮賷 丕賱賵噩賵丿 賵毓丿賲 丕賱賮乇丕睾 賱賷爻 亘賵爻毓賳丕 丕賳 賳鬲禺賷賱 匕賱賰 丕賱噩丨賷賲 ..
兀噩賱 賴賵 噩丨賷賲 兀亘丿賷貙 噩丨賷賲 賱丕 賷胤丕賯 貙 賷爻鬲賳夭賮 賰賱 丕賱賲賱賰丞 丕賱毓賯賱賷丞 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 賷賴賵賷 亘賰 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 賲賳 丕賱卮賰 賮賷 賵噩賵丿 匕丕鬲賰 丨鬲賶 ..
鬲禺賷賱鬲 賲乇丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 賳賮爻賷 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱賮乇丕睾貙 賰兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賮賷 睾乇賮丞 亘賷囟丕亍 賲睾賱賯丞 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 貙 賱丕 賵噩賵丿 賱兀賷 鬲賵丕氐賱 亘卮乇賷 賱丕 卮賷亍 賲毓賰 賮賷 丕賱睾乇賮丞 賱丕 卮賷亍 鬲賲丕賲丕賸貙 賱丕 兀賯氐丿 丕賱爻噩賵賳 丕賱丕賳賮乇丕丿賷丞 亘丕賱鬲丨丿賷丿 貙 廿賳賲丕 賰賳鬲 兀鬲禺賷賱賴 賮賷 毓賯賱賷 賯乇賷亘丕賸 賲賲丕 賵氐賮賴 夭賮丕賷睾 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 貙 鬲毓匕賷亘 賱賱毓賯賱 貙 賱賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賰賷賮 賲毓 丕賱賱丕卮賷亍 .. 賲賰丕賳 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲噩賳 賮賷賴 亘爻賴賵賱丞 賵鬲鬲禺賱賶 毓賳 毓賯賱賰 亘丿賵賳 鬲毓匕賷亘 賵賱丕 廿賰乇丕賴 ..
賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 賷囟毓賳丕 夭賮丕賷睾 兀賲丕賲 卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 丕賱鬲賯賶 亘賴賲丕 丕賱乇丕賵賷 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 爻賮賷賳丞 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞
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丕賱兀賵賱 賴賵 亘胤賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賮賷 賱毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賲賱 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟 賵丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 賵丕賱睾乇賵乇貙 賮鬲噩丿 賮賷賴 丕賱睾亘丕亍 丕賱賲胤賱賯 賵丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 丕賱賱丕賲丨丿賵丿丞 貙 賮賴賵 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷賰丕丿 兀賳 賷毓乇賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 貙 兀氐亘丨 賲賳 兀毓馗賲 賱丕毓亘賷 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘賱 賵賲賳 丿賵賳 賲賳丕賮爻 貙 賷鬲賲賷夭 亘丕賱亘乇賵丿 丕賱卮丿賷丿 賵丕賱亘賱丕丿丞 賵丕賱睾乇賵乇 賵毓丿賲 丕賱賱亘丕賯丞 貙 卮禺氐 禺購賱賯 賰賷 賷賱毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賵賷賮賵夭 賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丞 貙 賱賲 鬲爻鬲乇毓賷 賯氐鬲賴 廿賳鬲亘丕賴賷 賰孬賷乇丕賸 貙 氐丨賷丨 兀賳賳賷 賵噩丿鬲 賮賷賴 丕賱睾賲賵囟 禺丕氐丞 亘毓丿 兀賳 丨丕賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷 賰孬賷乇丕賸 丕賱賱毓亘 賲毓賴 賵賲毓乇賮鬲賴 毓賳 賯乇亘 乇睾賲 睾乇丕亘丞 兀胤賵丕乇賴 賵毓噩乇賮鬲賴 ..
丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賴賵 丕賱賲丿毓賵 丕賱爻賷丿 "亘" 丕賱匕賷 兀毓鬲賯賱 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賱賳丕夭賷賷賳 賵賱賲 賷夭噩 亘賴 賮賷 賲毓鬲賯賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 丕賱賵丨卮賷丞 賰賲丕 賯丿 賳鬲氐賵乇貙 亘賱 兀丨鬲噩夭 賮賷 睾乇賮丞 賵賱賲 賷鬲毓乇囟 賱兀賷 賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 丕賱噩爻丿賷貙 亘賱 鬲賲 賮賯胤 毓夭賱賴 賵乇賲賷賴 賮賷 賮賵賴丞 丕賱賮乇丕睾 賵丕賱毓丿賲貙 丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇 丕賱賱毓賷賳 貙 丕賱賴丿賵亍 丕賱賲爻鬲賮夭貙 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 丕賱賳賮爻賷 賮賷 賰賵賳賰 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵賱丕 丕賱夭賲丕賳貙 賱丕 卮賷亍 賷卮睾賱賰 丕賵 賷鬲賰賮賱 賮賷 廿亘賯丕亍 匕賴賳賰 賳卮胤丕賸貙 廿賱賶 兀賳 噩丕亍鬲賴 丕賱賮乇氐丞 匕丕鬲 賲乇丞 亘爻乇賯丞 賰鬲丕亘 毓賳丿賲丕 丕賯鬲賷丿 賱賱鬲丨賯賷賯貙 賵賱賰 兀賳 鬲卮毓乇 亘賴賵賱 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀丞 賵廿賳鬲馗丕乇 賳賵毓 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 爻乇賯賴 丕賱爻賷丿 "亘" .. 賰丕賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賴賵 毓賳 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩貙 爻噩賱鬲 賮賷賴 兀賴賲 丕賱賲亘丕乇賷丕鬲 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賵丕賱禺胤胤 丕賱鬲賷 賲丕乇爻賴丕 丕賱賱丕毓亘賵賳 賮賷 丕賱賲亘丕乇賷丕鬲貙 丨賷孬 賷丨賮馗 毓賳 馗賴乇 賯賱亘 賰賱 丕賱賲亘丕乇賷丕鬲 賵賷賲丕乇爻賴丕 賮賷 馗賴乇 丕賱禺賷丕賱貙 賷賱毓亘 賵賷賱毓亘 賵賷賳丕夭賱 賳賮爻賴 丕賱賶 兀賳 鬲賳鬲賴賷 噩賲賷毓 丕賱禺胤胤 賵丕賱賲亘丕乇賷丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賴賳丕 鬲亘丿丕 丨丕賱丞 丕賱卮賰 賵丕賱廿賳賮氐丕賲 丕賱賶 卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 鬲賱毓亘丕賳 囟丿 亘毓囟賴賲丕 胤賵賱 丕賱賵賯鬲貙 賰丕賳賴 賷賯賮夭 賮賵賯 馗賱賴貙 兀賵 賷胤丕乇丿 卮亘丨賴貙 賷鬲丨賵賱 丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱賶 賴賵爻 賱丕 賷胤丕賯 賵丨丕賱丞 賲賳 丕賱兀丿賲丕賳 丨鬲賶 賮賷 丕賱賳賵賲 貙 賮賷賳賯賱亘 丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱賶 噩丨賷賲 丌禺乇 賱丕 賷賯賱 毓賳 爻丕亘賯賴 貙 賷鬲丨賵賱 賰賱 毓丕賱賲賴 丕賱賶 乇賯毓丞 卮胤乇賳噩貙 丕賱禺賷丕賱貙 丕賱賳賵賲貙 丕賱賵丕賯毓貙 丨鬲賶 兀賳賴 賷乇賶 兀賳丕爻丕賸 賮賷 賲賳丕賲賴 毓賱賶 賱丕毓亘賷 卮胤乇賳噩!! 賴匕丕 丕賱賴賵爻 丕賱賱毓賷賳 丕賱匕賷 賷氐賷亘 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞貙 賰賮賰乇丞 賲丕貙 兀賵 賱毓亘丞 貙 丕賵 賴丕噩爻 ..
(賱賯丿 噩乇亘鬲賴 賲乇丕乇丕賸 賵賱賰賳 賱賷爻 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賲丨賵 丕賱毓賳賷賮) ..
賷賮乇噩 毓賳賴 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿 賮賷爻丕賮乇 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷乇鬲丕丿賴丕 亘胤賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賱賱卮胤乇賳噩 ..
鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賶 丕賱賲賵丕噩賴丞 毓丕氐賮丞 睾賷乇 賲鬲賵賯毓丞 亘賷賳 亘胤賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賮賷 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賵丕賱爻賷丿 "爻" 貙 賱丨馗丞 賲孬賷乇丞 賵賲卮賵賯丞 貙 賷馗賴乇 賮賷賴丕 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱賳賮爻賷 丕賱毓賳賷賮 賱賰賱丕 丕賱賲鬲亘丕乇賷賷賳 賵鬲兀孬賷乇 匕賱賰 丕賱賮乇丕睾 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賷丿 "爻" 賮賷 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞 亘毓賷丿丕賸 毓賳 賱毓亘丞 丕賱禺賷丕賱 ..
毓賳 丕賱鬲睾賱亘 毓賱賶 丕賱賵丨丿丞 賵賯鬲賱 丕賱賮乇丕睾 賵毓賳 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱兀賳爻丕賳 丕賱賲丨丕乇亘 貙 賷鬲丨丿孬 夭賮丕賷睾.. 賵賷亘賯賶 丕賱爻丐丕賱 賴賳丕 : 賲丕賴賵 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳責 毓賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰丕卅賳 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲賰賷賮 賲毓 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 丕賵 賰賲丕 賵氐賮賴 丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷貙 " 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 貙 賷鬲毓賵丿 毓賱賶 賰賱 卮賷亍 " .. 賰賲 賷丿賴卮賳賷 賴匕丕 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賱丕鬲夭丕賱 丕賱丨賷乇丞 鬲丐乇賯賳賷 賰賱賲丕 毓乇賮鬲 毓賳賴 丕賱賲夭賷丿 ..
乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 睾丕賷丞 丕賱廿賲鬲丕毓 賵丕賱丿賴卮丞 賵丕賱賮夭毓貙 賵賲賱亍 噩賷賵亘 丕賱賮囟賵賱 亘兀爻卅賱丞 賰孬賷乇丞 賵兀噩賵亘丞 毓賳 丨丕賱丞 丕賱賵丨丿丞 賵丕賱賮乇丕睾 賱丿賶 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 貙 毓賳 鬲賮賰賷賰 丕賱匕丕鬲 亘兀丿賵丕鬲 爻乇丿賷丞 亘丕乇毓丞 睾丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱廿鬲賯丕賳 賵丕賱爻賱丕爻丞 .. 夭賮丕賷睾 丕賱乇丕卅毓 賵丕賱賲禺賷賮 賵丕賱賲丿賴卮 賲毓丕賸 ..
賲丕 丨賷乇賳賷 賰孬賷乇丕賸 賴賷 兀賳 賯氐鬲賴 賴匕賴 賴賷 丌禺乇 賯氐丞 賰鬲亘賴丕 賯亘賱 廿賳鬲丨丕乇賴貙 賴賱 賷丕 鬲乇賶 賵賯毓 賮賷 賮禺 乇賵丕賷鬲賴貙 賴賱 賰丕賳 賱賱賯氐丞 毓賱丕賯丞 亘賯乇丕乇 廿賳鬲丨丕乇賴 貙 乇亘胤鬲 亘賷賳賴丕 賵亘賷賳 丕賱賴丕噩爻貙 丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇貙 丕賱禺賵賮貙 丕賱賴夭賷賲丞 乇亘賲丕 .. 賱賰賳 兀賷 賷賰賳 賮兀賳賴丕 鬲亘賯賶 賯氐丞 賲丐孬乇丞 鬲囟噩 亘丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵丕賱賴賵丕噩爻 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲乇賰 兀孬乇賴丕 毓賱賶 賯丕乇卅賴丕 亘卮賰賱 噩賳賵賳賷貙 賮賷賰賮 亘賰丕鬲亘賴丕 賷丕鬲乇賶 責責責
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丿丕卅賲丕賸 賲丕 賰賳鬲 兀鬲爻丕亍賱 毓賲丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷賮毓賱賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賲毓 丕賱賮乇丕睾 丕賱賯丕鬲賱 貙 賲毓 丕賱賮乇丕睾 丕賱賲胤賱賯 貙 丕賱毓丿賲貙 丕賱賱丕卮賷亍 貙 丕賱賴丿賵亍 丕賱賱丕賳賴丕卅賷 ..
賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷鬲禺賷賱 丕賱賲乇亍 賳賮爻賴 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨丕賱丞 賵賱丕 賷賲賰賳 鬲禺賷賱 匕賱賰 毓賱賶 丕賱毓賯賱 丕賱亘卮乇賷貙 賱兀賳賳丕 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卅賲 賮賷 賵噩賵丿 丕卮賷丕亍 丨賵賱賳丕 貙 賴賳丕賰 丕卮賷丕亍 鬲鬲睾賷乇 賵丕賳丕爻 賷鬲丨丿孬賵賳 賵馗賱丕賱 賵丕卮噩丕乇 賵爻賲丕亍 貙 賳丨賳 丕賱睾丕乇賯賵賳 賮賷 丕賱賵噩賵丿 賵毓丿賲 丕賱賮乇丕睾 賱賷爻 亘賵爻毓賳丕 丕賳 賳鬲禺賷賱 匕賱賰 丕賱噩丨賷賲 ..
兀噩賱 賴賵 噩丨賷賲 兀亘丿賷貙 噩丨賷賲 賱丕 賷胤丕賯 貙 賷爻鬲賳夭賮 賰賱 丕賱賲賱賰丞 丕賱毓賯賱賷丞 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 賷賴賵賷 亘賰 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 賲賳 丕賱卮賰 賮賷 賵噩賵丿 匕丕鬲賰 丨鬲賶 ..
鬲禺賷賱鬲 賲乇丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 賳賮爻賷 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱賮乇丕睾貙 賰兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賮賷 睾乇賮丞 亘賷囟丕亍 賲睾賱賯丞 鬲賲丕賲丕賸 貙 賱丕 賵噩賵丿 賱兀賷 鬲賵丕氐賱 亘卮乇賷 賱丕 卮賷亍 賲毓賰 賮賷 丕賱睾乇賮丞 賱丕 卮賷亍 鬲賲丕賲丕賸貙 賱丕 兀賯氐丿 丕賱爻噩賵賳 丕賱丕賳賮乇丕丿賷丞 亘丕賱鬲丨丿賷丿 貙 廿賳賲丕 賰賳鬲 兀鬲禺賷賱賴 賮賷 毓賯賱賷 賯乇賷亘丕賸 賲賲丕 賵氐賮賴 夭賮丕賷睾 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 貙 鬲毓匕賷亘 賱賱毓賯賱 貙 賱賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賰賷賮 賲毓 丕賱賱丕卮賷亍 .. 賲賰丕賳 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲噩賳 賮賷賴 亘爻賴賵賱丞 賵鬲鬲禺賱賶 毓賳 毓賯賱賰 亘丿賵賳 鬲毓匕賷亘 賵賱丕 廿賰乇丕賴 ..
賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 賷囟毓賳丕 夭賮丕賷睾 兀賲丕賲 卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 丕賱鬲賯賶 亘賴賲丕 丕賱乇丕賵賷 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 爻賮賷賳丞 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞
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丕賱兀賵賱 賴賵 亘胤賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賮賷 賱毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賲賱 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟 賵丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 賵丕賱睾乇賵乇貙 賮鬲噩丿 賮賷賴 丕賱睾亘丕亍 丕賱賲胤賱賯 賵丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 丕賱賱丕賲丨丿賵丿丞 貙 賮賴賵 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷賰丕丿 兀賳 賷毓乇賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 貙 兀氐亘丨 賲賳 兀毓馗賲 賱丕毓亘賷 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘賱 賵賲賳 丿賵賳 賲賳丕賮爻 貙 賷鬲賲賷夭 亘丕賱亘乇賵丿 丕賱卮丿賷丿 賵丕賱亘賱丕丿丞 賵丕賱睾乇賵乇 賵毓丿賲 丕賱賱亘丕賯丞 貙 卮禺氐 禺購賱賯 賰賷 賷賱毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賵賷賮賵夭 賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丞 貙 賱賲 鬲爻鬲乇毓賷 賯氐鬲賴 廿賳鬲亘丕賴賷 賰孬賷乇丕賸 貙 氐丨賷丨 兀賳賳賷 賵噩丿鬲 賮賷賴 丕賱睾賲賵囟 禺丕氐丞 亘毓丿 兀賳 丨丕賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷 賰孬賷乇丕賸 丕賱賱毓亘 賲毓賴 賵賲毓乇賮鬲賴 毓賳 賯乇亘 乇睾賲 睾乇丕亘丞 兀胤賵丕乇賴 賵毓噩乇賮鬲賴 ..
丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賴賵 丕賱賲丿毓賵 丕賱爻賷丿 "亘" 丕賱匕賷 兀毓鬲賯賱 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賱賳丕夭賷賷賳 賵賱賲 賷夭噩 亘賴 賮賷 賲毓鬲賯賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 丕賱賵丨卮賷丞 賰賲丕 賯丿 賳鬲氐賵乇貙 亘賱 兀丨鬲噩夭 賮賷 睾乇賮丞 賵賱賲 賷鬲毓乇囟 賱兀賷 賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 丕賱噩爻丿賷貙 亘賱 鬲賲 賮賯胤 毓夭賱賴 賵乇賲賷賴 賮賷 賮賵賴丞 丕賱賮乇丕睾 賵丕賱毓丿賲貙 丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇 丕賱賱毓賷賳 貙 丕賱賴丿賵亍 丕賱賲爻鬲賮夭貙 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 丕賱賳賮爻賷 賮賷 賰賵賳賰 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵賱丕 丕賱夭賲丕賳貙 賱丕 卮賷亍 賷卮睾賱賰 丕賵 賷鬲賰賮賱 賮賷 廿亘賯丕亍 匕賴賳賰 賳卮胤丕賸貙 廿賱賶 兀賳 噩丕亍鬲賴 丕賱賮乇氐丞 匕丕鬲 賲乇丞 亘爻乇賯丞 賰鬲丕亘 毓賳丿賲丕 丕賯鬲賷丿 賱賱鬲丨賯賷賯貙 賵賱賰 兀賳 鬲卮毓乇 亘賴賵賱 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀丞 賵廿賳鬲馗丕乇 賳賵毓 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 爻乇賯賴 丕賱爻賷丿 "亘" .. 賰丕賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賴賵 毓賳 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩貙 爻噩賱鬲 賮賷賴 兀賴賲 丕賱賲亘丕乇賷丕鬲 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賵丕賱禺胤胤 丕賱鬲賷 賲丕乇爻賴丕 丕賱賱丕毓亘賵賳 賮賷 丕賱賲亘丕乇賷丕鬲貙 丨賷孬 賷丨賮馗 毓賳 馗賴乇 賯賱亘 賰賱 丕賱賲亘丕乇賷丕鬲 賵賷賲丕乇爻賴丕 賮賷 馗賴乇 丕賱禺賷丕賱貙 賷賱毓亘 賵賷賱毓亘 賵賷賳丕夭賱 賳賮爻賴 丕賱賶 兀賳 鬲賳鬲賴賷 噩賲賷毓 丕賱禺胤胤 賵丕賱賲亘丕乇賷丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賴賳丕 鬲亘丿丕 丨丕賱丞 丕賱卮賰 賵丕賱廿賳賮氐丕賲 丕賱賶 卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 鬲賱毓亘丕賳 囟丿 亘毓囟賴賲丕 胤賵賱 丕賱賵賯鬲貙 賰丕賳賴 賷賯賮夭 賮賵賯 馗賱賴貙 兀賵 賷胤丕乇丿 卮亘丨賴貙 賷鬲丨賵賱 丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱賶 賴賵爻 賱丕 賷胤丕賯 賵丨丕賱丞 賲賳 丕賱兀丿賲丕賳 丨鬲賶 賮賷 丕賱賳賵賲 貙 賮賷賳賯賱亘 丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱賶 噩丨賷賲 丌禺乇 賱丕 賷賯賱 毓賳 爻丕亘賯賴 貙 賷鬲丨賵賱 賰賱 毓丕賱賲賴 丕賱賶 乇賯毓丞 卮胤乇賳噩貙 丕賱禺賷丕賱貙 丕賱賳賵賲貙 丕賱賵丕賯毓貙 丨鬲賶 兀賳賴 賷乇賶 兀賳丕爻丕賸 賮賷 賲賳丕賲賴 毓賱賶 賱丕毓亘賷 卮胤乇賳噩!! 賴匕丕 丕賱賴賵爻 丕賱賱毓賷賳 丕賱匕賷 賷氐賷亘 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞貙 賰賮賰乇丞 賲丕貙 兀賵 賱毓亘丞 貙 丕賵 賴丕噩爻 ..
(賱賯丿 噩乇亘鬲賴 賲乇丕乇丕賸 賵賱賰賳 賱賷爻 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賲丨賵 丕賱毓賳賷賮) ..
賷賮乇噩 毓賳賴 賮賷賲丕 亘毓丿 賮賷爻丕賮乇 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷乇鬲丕丿賴丕 亘胤賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賱賱卮胤乇賳噩 ..
鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賶 丕賱賲賵丕噩賴丞 毓丕氐賮丞 睾賷乇 賲鬲賵賯毓丞 亘賷賳 亘胤賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賮賷 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賵丕賱爻賷丿 "爻" 貙 賱丨馗丞 賲孬賷乇丞 賵賲卮賵賯丞 貙 賷馗賴乇 賮賷賴丕 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱賳賮爻賷 丕賱毓賳賷賮 賱賰賱丕 丕賱賲鬲亘丕乇賷賷賳 賵鬲兀孬賷乇 匕賱賰 丕賱賮乇丕睾 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賷丿 "爻" 賮賷 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞 亘毓賷丿丕賸 毓賳 賱毓亘丞 丕賱禺賷丕賱 ..
毓賳 丕賱鬲睾賱亘 毓賱賶 丕賱賵丨丿丞 賵賯鬲賱 丕賱賮乇丕睾 賵毓賳 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱兀賳爻丕賳 丕賱賲丨丕乇亘 貙 賷鬲丨丿孬 夭賮丕賷睾.. 賵賷亘賯賶 丕賱爻丐丕賱 賴賳丕 : 賲丕賴賵 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳責 毓賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰丕卅賳 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲賰賷賮 賲毓 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 丕賵 賰賲丕 賵氐賮賴 丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷貙 " 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 貙 賷鬲毓賵丿 毓賱賶 賰賱 卮賷亍 " .. 賰賲 賷丿賴卮賳賷 賴匕丕 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賱丕鬲夭丕賱 丕賱丨賷乇丞 鬲丐乇賯賳賷 賰賱賲丕 毓乇賮鬲 毓賳賴 丕賱賲夭賷丿 ..
乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 睾丕賷丞 丕賱廿賲鬲丕毓 賵丕賱丿賴卮丞 賵丕賱賮夭毓貙 賵賲賱亍 噩賷賵亘 丕賱賮囟賵賱 亘兀爻卅賱丞 賰孬賷乇丞 賵兀噩賵亘丞 毓賳 丨丕賱丞 丕賱賵丨丿丞 賵丕賱賮乇丕睾 賱丿賶 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 貙 毓賳 鬲賮賰賷賰 丕賱匕丕鬲 亘兀丿賵丕鬲 爻乇丿賷丞 亘丕乇毓丞 睾丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱廿鬲賯丕賳 賵丕賱爻賱丕爻丞 .. 夭賮丕賷睾 丕賱乇丕卅毓 賵丕賱賲禺賷賮 賵丕賱賲丿賴卮 賲毓丕賸 ..
賲丕 丨賷乇賳賷 賰孬賷乇丕賸 賴賷 兀賳 賯氐鬲賴 賴匕賴 賴賷 丌禺乇 賯氐丞 賰鬲亘賴丕 賯亘賱 廿賳鬲丨丕乇賴貙 賴賱 賷丕 鬲乇賶 賵賯毓 賮賷 賮禺 乇賵丕賷鬲賴貙 賴賱 賰丕賳 賱賱賯氐丞 毓賱丕賯丞 亘賯乇丕乇 廿賳鬲丨丕乇賴 貙 乇亘胤鬲 亘賷賳賴丕 賵亘賷賳 丕賱賴丕噩爻貙 丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇貙 丕賱禺賵賮貙 丕賱賴夭賷賲丞 乇亘賲丕 .. 賱賰賳 兀賷 賷賰賳 賮兀賳賴丕 鬲亘賯賶 賯氐丞 賲丐孬乇丞 鬲囟噩 亘丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵丕賱賴賵丕噩爻 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲乇賰 兀孬乇賴丕 毓賱賶 賯丕乇卅賴丕 亘卮賰賱 噩賳賵賳賷貙 賮賷賰賮 亘賰丕鬲亘賴丕 賷丕鬲乇賶 責責責
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March 1, 2021
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig
Like most of Zweig鈥檚 work, this is a novella. For those uninterested in chess, very little of the story has to do with the details of the actual games played.
The story is set on an ocean liner traveling from New York to Buenos Aires.
Our narrator has only a passing interest and limited ability at chess but he becomes intrigued when he learns that the world chess champion is on the ship headed to a grand master matchup. The world champion is a person who is called an 鈥榠diot savant鈥� in the book, or more properly these days, an autistic savant. He has hardly any social skills and will only play if he is paid. The narrator finds that another man is interested in playing the master too; this other man is wealthy and puts up the money for matches.
Meanwhile a fourth main character appears on the scene, out of the crowd who has been watching the on-board games. (Pun intended.) He starts giving them advice and he seems to be some kind of chess master himself. (The savant plays against the group as a whole and lets them jointly discuss their moves.)
As that latest man tells his story to the narrator, he becomes the main focus of the book. I won鈥檛 say too much because it鈥檚 a short book and I don鈥檛 want to give it all away, but the man learned chess as a respite while he was being forced by the Nazis to reveal where wealth was hidden in the Catholic churches in Austria. The man had worked as the financial lawyer for the Church. He played chess against himself as he told half-truths to his tormentors, so his chess playing against himself becomes an extended metaphor for his dealings with the Nazis. (I had not known this, so I read on Wikipedia that Hitler confiscated money and art from the churches and closed many monasteries.)
After this ordeal, the man vowed to never play chess again but the grand master is impressed and wants to challenge him.
A good story with some psychological depth. This book is also published under the title The Royal Game. Zweig (1881-1942), was a prolific author with 25 or so books. He was at one time considered the most translated author in the world.
Top picture, postcard of a 1940's ocean liner from etsystatic.com
A 3-person chess set from mastersofgames.com
The author on an Austrian postage stamp from pinterest.co.uk
Like most of Zweig鈥檚 work, this is a novella. For those uninterested in chess, very little of the story has to do with the details of the actual games played.
The story is set on an ocean liner traveling from New York to Buenos Aires.
Our narrator has only a passing interest and limited ability at chess but he becomes intrigued when he learns that the world chess champion is on the ship headed to a grand master matchup. The world champion is a person who is called an 鈥榠diot savant鈥� in the book, or more properly these days, an autistic savant. He has hardly any social skills and will only play if he is paid. The narrator finds that another man is interested in playing the master too; this other man is wealthy and puts up the money for matches.
Meanwhile a fourth main character appears on the scene, out of the crowd who has been watching the on-board games. (Pun intended.) He starts giving them advice and he seems to be some kind of chess master himself. (The savant plays against the group as a whole and lets them jointly discuss their moves.)
As that latest man tells his story to the narrator, he becomes the main focus of the book. I won鈥檛 say too much because it鈥檚 a short book and I don鈥檛 want to give it all away, but the man learned chess as a respite while he was being forced by the Nazis to reveal where wealth was hidden in the Catholic churches in Austria. The man had worked as the financial lawyer for the Church. He played chess against himself as he told half-truths to his tormentors, so his chess playing against himself becomes an extended metaphor for his dealings with the Nazis. (I had not known this, so I read on Wikipedia that Hitler confiscated money and art from the churches and closed many monasteries.)
After this ordeal, the man vowed to never play chess again but the grand master is impressed and wants to challenge him.
A good story with some psychological depth. This book is also published under the title The Royal Game. Zweig (1881-1942), was a prolific author with 25 or so books. He was at one time considered the most translated author in the world.
Top picture, postcard of a 1940's ocean liner from etsystatic.com
A 3-person chess set from mastersofgames.com
The author on an Austrian postage stamp from pinterest.co.uk
July 5, 2021
Before the start of review, let me put across a warning to all probable readers of this novella that this book has two active beings- one is the reader of course but other one is the author himself, he keeps on following you or rather your moves right to end of the book or the game more appropriately. It may sound strange- so it is and Zweig is but only pleasantly, more you will come to know through the course of this review. Chess, the 鈥楻oyal Game鈥� is not just a book it鈥檚 a game of life. The book has written like the game itself wherein it occurs to the reader every move is maneuvered by author after response of the reader. As you progresses through the book your mental faculty expects a few switches as per the developments in the narrative but, it come across as if the author is playing an active role in it and somehow he manages to gauge your expectations, and then changes his moves to tease the reader for further assimilating the new developments and expect some new adaptations however the author manages to win this intriguing tussle. The reader has been thrown across some pleasant tricks throughout the plot however overall it鈥檚 an enriching experience altogether. As Chess, the 鈥楻oyal Game鈥�- the game of genius- works upon intellect of human being by walking over chance. The book is not just about 鈥榯he game鈥� rather is a treatise of human life- as most of the books by Zweig are. It鈥檚 a story of survival of human being through different patches of life when circumstances are not friendly to him, he is thrown in space less void where he doesn鈥檛 have any distractions to keeps his mental muscles moving and away from madness. Eventually, after winning it through game of life, he got a distraction to evade his space less void but he becomes so beguiled by this distraction that it turns out to be an obsession. Zweig鈥檚 grasp on human psychology is immaculately accurate, and the characters are infused with life with bone chilling depiction of their nature without any hesitation, the reader may feel as if he is actually seeing them going through various patches of grief and agony.
Czentovic grows up as a human being who has total apathy towards world, nothing seems to interest him, he does nothing until he is requested to do so, doesn鈥檛 enjoy company of other children. He is totally aloof towards his surroundings. However, gradually develops interest towards 鈥榯he royal game鈥� but his interest was quite uncharacteristic of a human being. Even though he lacks the imaginative power to chalk out different possibilities in the game as grandmasters normally use to do but that couldn鈥檛 hamper his stupendous rise in the royal game. He develops into a dogged character who has son sense of ridiculous towards world but his character lacks emotions which is so core to being of a man. Gradually, the curiosity (aroused due to uncharacteristic nature of Czentovic) of the reader transforms into sort of indifference, which is somewhere deep ridden in your consciousness that you realizes it only through the end of book. The mental faculty of Czentovic never helped him to envisage even a single game, every game he just attempts on the board.
As soon as the reader starting to feel somewhat oblivious towards character of world champion, the author makes a masterstroke- he throws an outstandingly intriguing character- Dr.B- across the reader; who gets awestruck by the genius of Dr.B as he helps McConnor to manage to pull off an upset against Czentovic. Now the reader has again taken aback by the stupendous genius of Dr.B who immediately beomes hero of the story. However, inquisitiveness of the reader takes lead off all his/ her emotions, the reader is thrown to deep horror stories of Nazi camps. The space less void which is as good as vacuum, where Dr.b was confined, sends chills across the spine of the reader. The solitary confinement in a complete vacuum, a room hermetically cut off from outside world, as intended to create pressure not from without, through violence and the cold, but from within, and to open lips of people eventually. There the reader meets the horrifying reality of Nazi confinements wherein one was left irredeemably alone with oneself in soundless depths. One may have thoughts with oneself but even thoughts, however insubstantial may be seem, need something as a reference to fix upon, or they begin to rotate and circle aimlessly around themselves; even they fail to tolerate vacuum, so lifeless were those confinements. There the identity of human beings was reduced to be just subjects for Nazi forces; the consciousness of man was made devoid of every sense of existence in those timeless, space less voids wherein you don鈥檛 have anyone to explain that how that terrifying void gnaws at you, mocks your existence and destroys you into utter nothingness. And we stare coldly at godless world of Nietzsche and the famous phrase- nihilo ex nihilo- comes to life. Eventually, Dr. B somehow manages to get a reference (a book about chess tournament games) to put his thoughts around it but he goes to the extent that he develops a kind of madness about it.
No sooner had the thought entered my mind than it worked like strong poison; suddenly there was a roaring in my ears and my heart began to hammer, my hands turned cold as ice and wouldn鈥檛 obey me.
First all at once I had an occupation- a pointless, aimless one if you like, but an occupation that annihilated the void around me. In those one hundred and fifty tournament matches, I had wonderful weapon against the oppressive monotony of my own space and time.
My delight in playing turned to a lust for playing, my lust for playing into a compulsion to play, a mania, a frenetic fury that filled not only my waking hours but also came to invade my sleep
One stumbles upon two interesting characters somewhat similar in nature- in principal maybe- yet so contrastingly different. On the one hand, you have Czentovic who doesn鈥檛 gain priori knowledge towards the game- the life- but attempts the game- the life- as it comes to him. While on the other hand we have, Dr. B who has imagined and worked out all possible outcomes in 鈥榯he game鈥� of life but in the process he becomes obsessed with this idea to such extent of madness that 鈥榯he game鈥�-the life- itself becomes oblivious to him. But one aspect is common among both characters- lust, madness and obsession. Perhaps, that鈥檚 how 鈥榯he game鈥�-the life- is you may plan out all possible (outcomes possible which may seem to you) outcomes but still you might not be able to crack it since 鈥榯he game鈥� has actually to be played on board and may be unpredictable more often than not. Here, as the reader may have developed a sense of sympathy and emotional connect with the character Dr. B, the author- as he seems to be active throughout the book- makes another marvelous move and ripped off you with all your assumptions but the reader left in a surprising wonder which left him/ her stunned or rather numbed. And suddenly your feelings start to retort towards disgust and apathy, and it鈥檚 鈥榗heckmate鈥� by the author.
Zweig always flabbergasts me with his amazing control over the prose- he psychological acumen is breath-taking somewhat like that of Kawabata and seems to have put so much depth in characters in so few words, his mastery over his writing here is as much as his characters do over chess. One may feel envious of the ability of Zweig to be able write as if he was not making an endeavor at all. His prose comes across the reader so effortlessly and pleasantly that it doesn鈥檛 occur to reader that it a tale of human psychology- treatise on survival- and not a comic tale. It鈥檚 just utter brilliance flowing through 80 odd pages. For though the size of the book may be small but the depth it has would certainly stir your mental faculty and would strike straight into your heart.
Highly recommended, esp. for someone who loves to plunge into deep abyss of human psychology!
4.5/5
August 29, 2023
4.5鈥�5 stars?!? The more I think about this book the more brilliant I find it.
November 26, 2016
夭賱夭丕賱 賮賷 丕賱乇兀爻.
September 1, 2018
乇賵丕賷丞 毓賰爻鬲 賲丕 賷禺鬲賱噩 亘丿丕禺賱 夭賮丕賷噩 亘氐賵乇丞 亘卮毓丞貙 賵賳賴丕賷鬲賴丕 賲丐賱賲丞 賱兀賯氐賶 丨丿.
賱賵 氐賲丿 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱 賱亘毓囟 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱賴夭賲 禺氐賲賴 賵賲丕鬲 丕賱賲賱賰貙 賱賵 賱賲 賷賯毓 夭賮丕賷噩 賮賷 賴賵丞 丕賱賷兀爻 賱卮賴丿 賲賵鬲 丕賱賲賱賰.
馗賱 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱 賷毓丕賳賷 賲賲丕 賱丕賯丕賴 毓賱賶 賷丿 馗亘丕胤 丕賱噩爻鬲丕亘賵 賮賱賲 賷爻鬲胤毓 兀賳 賷鬲丨乇乇 賲賳 丕賱丨丿賵丿 丕賱匕賷 丨氐乇賵賴 賮賷賴丕貙 馗賱 賲丨氐賵乇賸丕 丿丕禺賱 乇賯毓丞 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賷丨丕賵賱 丕賱廿賲爻丕賰 亘夭賲丕賲 賳賮爻賴 賱賰賳 丿賵賳 噩丿賵賶.
兀賲丕 兀卮賴乇 賵兀賮囟賱 賱丕毓亘 卮胤乇賳噩 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰丕賳 噩丕賴賱賸丕 亘賰賱 卮賷亍 廿賱丕 亘丕賱卮胤乇賳噩.. 丕賰鬲卮賮賵丕 賲賵賴亘鬲賴 氐睾賷乇賸丕 孬賲 賲丕 賱亘孬 兀賳 兀氐亘丨 兀賮囟賱 賱丕毓亘 卮胤乇賳噩 亘丕賱毓丕賱賲.
賱賵 賳馗乇賳丕 賱賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱 賮賷 馗賱 丕賱丨亘爻 鬲丨鬲 爻賱胤丞 丕賱噩爻鬲丕亘賵貙 賳噩丿賴丕 賳賮爻 丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴丕 毓賳丿 丕賱賱毓亘 賲毓 賱丕毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 丕賱卮賴賷乇貙 賵賲丨賯賯賷賳 丕賱噩爻鬲丕亘賵 賷購毓噩亘賵賳 亘胤乇賷賯鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱賴乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賮禺丕禺 賵丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷爻兀賱賵賳賴丕 賱賴貙 賵賴賰匕丕 賱丕毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賷亘丿賷 廿毓噩丕亘賸丕 賲賳 胤乇賷賯鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱賱毓亘.. 賱賰賳賴 賲丕 賷賱亘孬 兀賳 賷購噩賳 丿丕卅賲賸丕貙 兀賵 亘賲毓賳賶 兀氐丨 賳乇賶 兀賳 丕賱毓賯賱 賵丨丿賴 賱丕 賷賰賮賷 賱賱賲賯丕賵賲丞.
賳丨賳 丕賱丌賳 賮賷 賵囟毓賳丕 賴匕丕 賳賱賵賲 賱丕毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賱兀賳賳丕 賱賲 賳毓卮 賲兀爻丕鬲賴貙 賳賯賵賱 賲丕匕丕 賱賵 賮毓賱 賰匕丕貙 賵賲丕匕丕 賱賵 賱賲 賷賮毓賱 賰匕丕貙 賱賰賳 賲丕 賷毓鬲賲賱 賮賷 賳賮爻賴 賷氐毓亘 廿丿乇丕賰賴.. 賳賮爻 丕賱兀賲乇 賲毓 夭賮丕賷噩貙 賮賷 賵賯鬲賴 賱賲 鬲賵丨賷 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 爻賵賶 亘賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賲丌爻賷貙 賷賴賵丿賷鬲賴 賰丕賳鬲 毓亘卅賸丕 賰亘賷乇賸丕 毓賱賷賴.. 賵兀鬲鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賲孬丕亘丞 鬲毓賱賷賱 賱丕賳鬲丨丕乇賴.
乇賵丕賷丞 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賲賲賷夭丞貙 亘賲孬丕亘丞 賲乇丌丞 毓賱賶 賲丕 丿丕乇 賮賷 丿丕禺賱 夭賮丕賷噩 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丌賵賳丞.
賱賵 氐賲丿 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱 賱亘毓囟 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱賴夭賲 禺氐賲賴 賵賲丕鬲 丕賱賲賱賰貙 賱賵 賱賲 賷賯毓 夭賮丕賷噩 賮賷 賴賵丞 丕賱賷兀爻 賱卮賴丿 賲賵鬲 丕賱賲賱賰.
馗賱 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱 賷毓丕賳賷 賲賲丕 賱丕賯丕賴 毓賱賶 賷丿 馗亘丕胤 丕賱噩爻鬲丕亘賵 賮賱賲 賷爻鬲胤毓 兀賳 賷鬲丨乇乇 賲賳 丕賱丨丿賵丿 丕賱匕賷 丨氐乇賵賴 賮賷賴丕貙 馗賱 賲丨氐賵乇賸丕 丿丕禺賱 乇賯毓丞 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賷丨丕賵賱 丕賱廿賲爻丕賰 亘夭賲丕賲 賳賮爻賴 賱賰賳 丿賵賳 噩丿賵賶.
兀賲丕 兀卮賴乇 賵兀賮囟賱 賱丕毓亘 卮胤乇賳噩 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰丕賳 噩丕賴賱賸丕 亘賰賱 卮賷亍 廿賱丕 亘丕賱卮胤乇賳噩.. 丕賰鬲卮賮賵丕 賲賵賴亘鬲賴 氐睾賷乇賸丕 孬賲 賲丕 賱亘孬 兀賳 兀氐亘丨 兀賮囟賱 賱丕毓亘 卮胤乇賳噩 亘丕賱毓丕賱賲.
賱賵 賳馗乇賳丕 賱賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱賱丕毓亘 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱 賮賷 馗賱 丕賱丨亘爻 鬲丨鬲 爻賱胤丞 丕賱噩爻鬲丕亘賵貙 賳噩丿賴丕 賳賮爻 丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴丕 毓賳丿 丕賱賱毓亘 賲毓 賱丕毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 丕賱卮賴賷乇貙 賵賲丨賯賯賷賳 丕賱噩爻鬲丕亘賵 賷購毓噩亘賵賳 亘胤乇賷賯鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱賴乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賮禺丕禺 賵丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷爻兀賱賵賳賴丕 賱賴貙 賵賴賰匕丕 賱丕毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賷亘丿賷 廿毓噩丕亘賸丕 賲賳 胤乇賷賯鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱賱毓亘.. 賱賰賳賴 賲丕 賷賱亘孬 兀賳 賷購噩賳 丿丕卅賲賸丕貙 兀賵 亘賲毓賳賶 兀氐丨 賳乇賶 兀賳 丕賱毓賯賱 賵丨丿賴 賱丕 賷賰賮賷 賱賱賲賯丕賵賲丞.
賳丨賳 丕賱丌賳 賮賷 賵囟毓賳丕 賴匕丕 賳賱賵賲 賱丕毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賱兀賳賳丕 賱賲 賳毓卮 賲兀爻丕鬲賴貙 賳賯賵賱 賲丕匕丕 賱賵 賮毓賱 賰匕丕貙 賵賲丕匕丕 賱賵 賱賲 賷賮毓賱 賰匕丕貙 賱賰賳 賲丕 賷毓鬲賲賱 賮賷 賳賮爻賴 賷氐毓亘 廿丿乇丕賰賴.. 賳賮爻 丕賱兀賲乇 賲毓 夭賮丕賷噩貙 賮賷 賵賯鬲賴 賱賲 鬲賵丨賷 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 爻賵賶 亘賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賲丌爻賷貙 賷賴賵丿賷鬲賴 賰丕賳鬲 毓亘卅賸丕 賰亘賷乇賸丕 毓賱賷賴.. 賵兀鬲鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賲孬丕亘丞 鬲毓賱賷賱 賱丕賳鬲丨丕乇賴.
乇賵丕賷丞 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賲賲賷夭丞貙 亘賲孬丕亘丞 賲乇丌丞 毓賱賶 賲丕 丿丕乇 賮賷 丿丕禺賱 夭賮丕賷噩 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丌賵賳丞.
October 15, 2022
A moving and entirely believable story of one man's struggle with madness. I found it to be slightly repetitive in parts, but it's an excellent story by a true master.
June 4, 2020
鈥淗e would cast a single, seemingly cursory glance at the board before each move, looking past us as indifferently as if we ourselves were lifeless wooden pieces.鈥�
This novella is my introduction to Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. He鈥檚 not entirely unknown to me, however, as I鈥檝e seen numerous reviews of his work and have been interested in reading him myself for quite some time. It鈥檚 important to understand a bit of his background before reading this story. Zweig was born in Austria and then fled to England with his wife in 1935, just prior to the Nazi takeover of his homeland. Five years later he retreated from there to Brazil, only to then commit suicide, along with his wife, in 1942. Chess Story is an allegorical work in addition to being semi-autobiographical as well.
We are introduced to Mirko Czentovic, the world chess champion, on board a passenger steamer bound for Buenos Aires. The date is post World War II. Czentovic鈥檚 greatest triumph is his mastery over the chess board, but he cannot claim any other intellectual or artistic talents. It would be easy to liken him to his countryman, Adolf Hitler, and it鈥檚 not difficult to guess this is exactly what Zweig had in mind.
鈥淔or the instant he stood up from the chessboard, where he was without peer, Czentovic became an irredeemably grotesque, almost comic figure; despite his solemn black suit, his splendid cravat with its somewhat showy pearl stickpin, and his painstakingly manicured fingernails, his behavior and manners remained those of the simple country boy who had once swept out the parson鈥檚 room in the village鈥� Like all headstrong types, Czentovic had no sense of the ridiculous; ever since his triumph in the world tournament, he considered himself the most important man in the world鈥︹€�
On board the ship there are a few chess enthusiasts, but certainly not one that is a match for Czentovic. This doesn鈥檛 stop them from challenging him to a game, which Czentovic agrees to for a price. Not only that, he will play the lot simultaneously. An uneven match perhaps, but not for a man with Czentovic鈥檚 extreme arrogance. Now, I鈥檓 not a chess player. I鈥檝e never even watched a single game. It doesn鈥檛 matter one bit whether or not you are a fan. The gripping psychological suspense begins when a mysterious stranger steps in to join the game. Simply known as Mr. B, we are in the dark about his background until our narrator learns his story and relays it to the reader. If he鈥檚 not a chess champion himself, then how did he become so highly accomplished in the art of the game? Has Czentovic finally met a worthy opponent?
鈥淧eaceable, idle passengers though we were, we had suddenly been seized by a wild, ambitious bellicosity, tantalized and aroused by the thought that the palm might be wrested from the champion right here on this ship in the middle of the ocean, a feat that would then be telegraphed around the globe.鈥�
The tension truly ramps up to a frantic pitch as Mr. B鈥檚 story is unraveled. I鈥檒l let the next reader discover the details, but it鈥檚 a story charged with extreme isolation, mental anguish, and the will to survive and preserve one鈥檚 sanity. Mr. B must serve as a self portrait of Zweig himself and the despair he felt at his growing sense of isolation as he was forced to flee further and further from his place of birth. The chess board serves as the battlefields of Europe, where black was pit against white. Fascism and Nazism versus Liberalism and Democracy. It鈥檚 a stroke of genius condensed into a short story under the guise of a mental pursuit. I鈥檓 even more inclined than ever to continue my exploration of Stefan Zweig.
鈥淏ut there鈥檚 no way to describe, to gauge, to delineate, not for someone else, not for yourself, how long time lasts in dimensionlessness, in timelessness, and you can鈥檛 explain to anyone how it eats at you and destroys you鈥︹€�
This novella is my introduction to Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. He鈥檚 not entirely unknown to me, however, as I鈥檝e seen numerous reviews of his work and have been interested in reading him myself for quite some time. It鈥檚 important to understand a bit of his background before reading this story. Zweig was born in Austria and then fled to England with his wife in 1935, just prior to the Nazi takeover of his homeland. Five years later he retreated from there to Brazil, only to then commit suicide, along with his wife, in 1942. Chess Story is an allegorical work in addition to being semi-autobiographical as well.
We are introduced to Mirko Czentovic, the world chess champion, on board a passenger steamer bound for Buenos Aires. The date is post World War II. Czentovic鈥檚 greatest triumph is his mastery over the chess board, but he cannot claim any other intellectual or artistic talents. It would be easy to liken him to his countryman, Adolf Hitler, and it鈥檚 not difficult to guess this is exactly what Zweig had in mind.
鈥淔or the instant he stood up from the chessboard, where he was without peer, Czentovic became an irredeemably grotesque, almost comic figure; despite his solemn black suit, his splendid cravat with its somewhat showy pearl stickpin, and his painstakingly manicured fingernails, his behavior and manners remained those of the simple country boy who had once swept out the parson鈥檚 room in the village鈥� Like all headstrong types, Czentovic had no sense of the ridiculous; ever since his triumph in the world tournament, he considered himself the most important man in the world鈥︹€�
On board the ship there are a few chess enthusiasts, but certainly not one that is a match for Czentovic. This doesn鈥檛 stop them from challenging him to a game, which Czentovic agrees to for a price. Not only that, he will play the lot simultaneously. An uneven match perhaps, but not for a man with Czentovic鈥檚 extreme arrogance. Now, I鈥檓 not a chess player. I鈥檝e never even watched a single game. It doesn鈥檛 matter one bit whether or not you are a fan. The gripping psychological suspense begins when a mysterious stranger steps in to join the game. Simply known as Mr. B, we are in the dark about his background until our narrator learns his story and relays it to the reader. If he鈥檚 not a chess champion himself, then how did he become so highly accomplished in the art of the game? Has Czentovic finally met a worthy opponent?
鈥淧eaceable, idle passengers though we were, we had suddenly been seized by a wild, ambitious bellicosity, tantalized and aroused by the thought that the palm might be wrested from the champion right here on this ship in the middle of the ocean, a feat that would then be telegraphed around the globe.鈥�
The tension truly ramps up to a frantic pitch as Mr. B鈥檚 story is unraveled. I鈥檒l let the next reader discover the details, but it鈥檚 a story charged with extreme isolation, mental anguish, and the will to survive and preserve one鈥檚 sanity. Mr. B must serve as a self portrait of Zweig himself and the despair he felt at his growing sense of isolation as he was forced to flee further and further from his place of birth. The chess board serves as the battlefields of Europe, where black was pit against white. Fascism and Nazism versus Liberalism and Democracy. It鈥檚 a stroke of genius condensed into a short story under the guise of a mental pursuit. I鈥檓 even more inclined than ever to continue my exploration of Stefan Zweig.
鈥淏ut there鈥檚 no way to describe, to gauge, to delineate, not for someone else, not for yourself, how long time lasts in dimensionlessness, in timelessness, and you can鈥檛 explain to anyone how it eats at you and destroys you鈥︹€�
June 12, 2021
亘毓囟蹖 賵賯鬲 賴丕 鬲讴 鬲讴 禺胤 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘蹖 乇丕 丿乇讴 賲蹖 讴賳蹖賲
賵賱蹖 丿乇蹖睾 丕夭 賮賴賲蹖丿賳 禺胤 丕氐賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘
蹖毓賳蹖 丌賳 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 乇丕 賵丕丿丕卮鬲賴 鬲丕 趩賳蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘蹖 乇丕 亘賳賵蹖爻丿:
賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賲 亘丕賵乇 讴賳賲 讴賴 讴爻蹖 亘鬲賵丕賳丿 鬲賲丕賲 賵噩賵丿 賵 乇賵丨 賵 乇賵丕賳卮 乇丕 丿乇 丿丕蹖乇賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 亘丕夭蹖 賲丨丿賵丿 讴賳丿
丕蹖賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇蹖 爻乇丕睾 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賵 丕賵囟丕毓 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 賵 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕賵 丿乇 丌賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲
賲禺氐賵氐丕 趩賳蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘蹖 讴賴 乇賵夭 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕鬲賲丕賲 丌賳貙 丕爻鬲蹖賮賳 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 賵 賱賵鬲賴(賴賲爻乇卮) 賲丨賱賵賱 讴卮賳丿賴 賵乇賵賳丕賱 乇丕 爻乇 讴卮蹖丿賳丿
讴鬲丕亘 卮胤乇賳噩 乇丕 丿乇 讴卮賵蹖 賲蹖夭賽 讴丕乇卮 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賳丿 賵 爻丕賱 亘毓丿 丿乇 丕爻鬲讴賴賱賲 亘賴 夭亘丕賳 丕氐賱蹖 趩丕倬 賵 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿
: 丌賳趩賴 鬲爻賵丕蹖讴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 亘賴 賲丕 亘诏賵蹖丿
鬲爻賵丕蹖讴 賲乇丿蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 亘賳丿乇鬲 賳馗乇丕鬲卮 乇丕 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 爻蹖丕爻鬲 賵 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 丿賳蹖丕 氐乇蹖丨丕 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴乇丿
丕賵 亘丕 賴賲丕賳 卮蹖賵賴 禺賵丿卮 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 鬲賮丕賵鬲 丿賵 噩賴丕賳 乇丕 賳卮丕賳 亘丿賴丿: 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 賵 乇賵卮賳賮讴乇丕賳 丿乇 丌賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 亘丕 噩賴丕賳蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖
賵 亘乇丕蹖 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賳 噩賴丕賳卮貙 卮胤乇賳噩 賲氐丿丕賯 禺賵亘蹖 丕爻鬲
鬲賳賴丕 卮胤乇賳噩 丕爻鬲 讴賴 卮丕賳爻 賵 鬲氐丕丿賮 賵 鬲賯賱亘 亘賴 賴蹖趩 卮讴賱 丿乇 丌賳 乇丕賴 賳丿丕乇丿貙 賵 倬蹖乇賵夭蹖 丿乇 丕蹖賳 氐丨賳賴 亘賴 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖 蹖丕 賳賵毓蹖 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖貙 賵丕亘爻鬲賴 丕爻鬲
丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 噩賴丕賳 亘丕 噩賴丕賳 賵丕賯毓蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 賮乇賯 丿丕乇丿. 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 賴蹖鬲賱乇賴丕 賵 賮丕卮蹖爻鬲 賴丕 讴賵乇賴 賴丕蹖 丌丿賲 爻賵夭蹖 乇丕賴 賲蹖 丕賳丿丕夭賳丿 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 乇丕丨鬲 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 乇丕 賯鬲賱 毓丕賲 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿
鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 "噩賴丕賳 丿蹖乇賵夭" 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池�: 賲賳 賵 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 噩賵丕賳賲 賮讴乇 賵 匕讴乇蹖 噩夭 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 賳丿丕卮鬲蹖賲貙 賴蹖趩 賲鬲賵噩賴 賳亘賵丿蹖賲 讴賴 鬲丨賵賱丕鬲 爻蹖丕爻蹖 禺胤乇賳丕讴蹖 丿乇 倬蹖乇丕賲賵賳 賲丕 乇賵蹖 賲蹖鈥� 丿賴丿. 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 賵 賳賯卮鈥� 賴丕蹖 夭蹖亘丕 賳诏丕賴 賲丕 乇丕 倬乇 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 夭卮鬲蹖 賵 倬賱蹖丿蹖 賮乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖�
:丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕蹖賳 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 乇丕 趩賳蹖賳 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿
鬲噩爻賲 丕蹖賳 賯囟蹖賴 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 丿卮賵丕乇 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳 鬲賲丕賲 賵 賵噩賵丿 賵 賴爻鬲蹖 丕卮 乇丕 丿乇 卮氐鬲 賵 趩賴丕乇 禺丕賳賴 蹖 爻蹖丕賴 賵 爻賮蹖丿 氐賮丨賴 卮馗乇賳噩 禺賱丕氐賴 賵 賲丨丿賵丿 讴賳丿. 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳 趩诏賵賳賴 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 丿乇 趩賳蹖賳 賲丨丿賵丿賴 丕蹖 亘賲丕賳丿 賵 賮讴乇 賵 匕讴乇卮 丕蹖賳 亘丕卮丿 讴賴 趩诏賵賳賴 賲賴乇賴 賴丕蹖 爻蹖 賵 丿賵诏丕賳賴 乇丕 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 爻蹖丕賴 賵 爻賮蹖丿 倬爻 賵 倬蹖卮 亘亘乇丿 賵 亘丕夭蹖 乇丕 趩诏賵賳賴 賵 丕夭 讴噩丕 卮乇賵毓 讴賳丿責
賴賲蹖賳 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖 卮賵丿 丿乇 丿乇賵賳卮 賵丕乇丿 賳亘乇丿蹖 爻賴賲诏蹖賳 亘卮賵丿 : 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏
丿乇 丕蹖賳 亘丕夭蹖 賲賳 賴賲 爻蹖丕賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 賴賲 爻賮蹖丿. 爻蹖丕賴 讴賴 賲賳 亘賵丿賲 亘丕 爻賮蹖丿 賲蹖 噩賳诏蹖丿貙 讴賴 丌賳 賴賲 賲賳 亘賵丿賲 賵 賴乇讴丿丕賲 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕爻鬲賳丿 倬蹖乇賵夭 卮賵賳丿. 賵 賴乇賵賯鬲 讴賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿賵 丨乇蹖賮 倬蹖乇賵夭 賲蹖 卮丿貙 賳賲蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲賲 趩賴 丕丨爻丕爻蹖 亘丕蹖丿 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賲. 趩賵賳 賯爻賲鬲蹖 丕夭 賲睾夭 賲賳 亘乇 賯爻賲鬲 丿蹖诏乇蹖 倬蹖乇賵夭 卮丿賴 亘賵丿
丕賳爻丕賳 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丿乇 賲賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 賲蹖 禺賵丕爻鬲 丕夭 丨賯 禺賵丿 丿賮丕毓 讴賳丿 丕賲丕 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲貙 賵 賳丕趩丕乇 亘賴 囟丿蹖鬲 亘丕 丕賳爻丕賳 丿蹖诏乇蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賲賳 亘賵丿貙 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 賵 賲乇丕 丿趩丕乇 卮蹖丿丕蹖蹖 賵 亘蹖 賯乇丕乇蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿
鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 趩賳丕賳 乇賵丨 馗乇蹖賮蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 讴賴 胤丕賯鬲 丿蹖丿賳 禺卮賵賳鬲 賴丕蹖 賳丕夭蹖 賴丕 乇丕 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 丕亘鬲丿丕 亘賴 賱賳丿賳 賵 爻倬爻 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賲蹖 乇賵丿
賵 亘毓丿 丌賳噩丕 乇丕 鬲乇讴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 毓賱鬲卮 卮丕蹖丿 丕蹖賳 亘丕卮丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丿賵 讴卮賵乇 賴賲 賵丕乇丿 噩賳诏 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵 蹖丕 禺賵丕賴賳丿 卮丿 賵 丕賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 丕夭 趩賳蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 賮乇丕乇 讴賳丿 賵 賵 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕乇丿 倬賳丕賴 亘亘乇丿 賵 賴賲蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 爻乇 丕夭 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 噩賳賵亘蹖 賵 亘夭乇蹖賱 丿乇 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿
丕賲丕 亘毓丿 賲丿鬲蹖 丕夭 丌賳噩丕 賴賲 禺爻鬲賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 趩賵賳 丕夭 讴卮賵乇 賵 丕夭 丌乇賲丕賳 賴丕蹖 丕氐賱蹖卮 丿賵乇 丕賮鬲丕丿賴
:丕賵 丿乇 丌禺乇蹖賳 賳丕賲賴 丕卮 趩賳蹖賳 賲蹖 賳賵蹖爻丿
讴丕乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳噩丕賲 丿丕丿賳 賳亘賵丿貙 賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 卮賳蹖丿賳貙 賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 丿蹖丿賳貙 禺賱兀 賴賲賴 噩丕 乇丕 賮乇丕 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿...禺賱卅蹖 讴丕賲賱丕賸 亘蹖鈥屫� 賵 亘蹖 夭賲丕賳
胤蹖 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 丿乇丕夭 丿乇亘丿乇蹖 賵 丌賵丕乇诏蹖 禺爻鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵 丿蹖诏乇 鬲賵丕賳 丕丿丕賲賴 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賳丿丕乇賲
:丨乇賮 丌禺乇
亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 賵 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 丕卮 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 丿賯鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 卮賵丿
丕蹖賳讴賴 賳亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 乇賵蹖丕蹖蹖 賮乇賵 乇賮鬲 賵 賯丿乇鬲 賮丕卮蹖爻鬲 賴丕 賵 賳跇丕丿倬乇爻鬲 賴丕 賵 丕賮乇丕胤蹖 賴丕 乇丕 丿爻鬲 讴賲 诏乇賮鬲
..賵 诏乇賳賴 丿賵亘丕乇賴 鬲丕乇蹖禺 鬲讴乇丕乇 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿
乇賵賲賳 乇賵賱丕賳 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿: 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 丕爻賱丨賴 賯賱賲 禺賵丿 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 夭賵乇诏賵蹖丕賳 賵 噩賳诏 胤賱亘丕賳 亘丕蹖爻鬲丿
賳賲賵賳賴 趩賳蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 芦鬲賵賲丕爻 賲丕賳禄 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 亘丕 鬲賲丕賲 丕丨鬲乇丕賲蹖 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 賯丕卅賱 亘賵丿 丕賳夭噩丕乇卮 丕夭 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 丕賵 乇丕 倬賳賴丕賳 賳讴乇丿
丕賵 賴乇诏夭 賳賲蹖鈥屫ㄘй屫池� 丕蹖賳 倬蹖乇賵夭蹖 乇丕 亘賴 賳丕夭蹖 賴丕 丕乇夭丕賳蹖 賲蹖 丿丕卮鬲貙 賵 丕诏乇 賳賮乇鬲 賵 丕賳夭噩丕乇卮 丕夭 丌賳鈥� 賴丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿貙 賴蹖趩鈥� 诏丕賴 亘賴 趩賳蹖賳 毓賲賱蹖 丿爻鬲 賳賲蹖 夭丿
:禺賱丕氐賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘
丿乇 丕蹖賳 禺賱丕氐賴 毓賱鬲 亘乇丿丕卮鬲 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕賲 乇丕 丌賵乇丿賴 丕賲 賵 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕
賵賱蹖 丿乇蹖睾 丕夭 賮賴賲蹖丿賳 禺胤 丕氐賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘
蹖毓賳蹖 丌賳 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 乇丕 賵丕丿丕卮鬲賴 鬲丕 趩賳蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘蹖 乇丕 亘賳賵蹖爻丿:
賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賲 亘丕賵乇 讴賳賲 讴賴 讴爻蹖 亘鬲賵丕賳丿 鬲賲丕賲 賵噩賵丿 賵 乇賵丨 賵 乇賵丕賳卮 乇丕 丿乇 丿丕蹖乇賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 亘丕夭蹖 賲丨丿賵丿 讴賳丿
丕蹖賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇蹖 爻乇丕睾 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賵 丕賵囟丕毓 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 賵 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕賵 丿乇 丌賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲
賲禺氐賵氐丕 趩賳蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘蹖 讴賴 乇賵夭 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕鬲賲丕賲 丌賳貙 丕爻鬲蹖賮賳 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 賵 賱賵鬲賴(賴賲爻乇卮) 賲丨賱賵賱 讴卮賳丿賴 賵乇賵賳丕賱 乇丕 爻乇 讴卮蹖丿賳丿
讴鬲丕亘 卮胤乇賳噩 乇丕 丿乇 讴卮賵蹖 賲蹖夭賽 讴丕乇卮 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賳丿 賵 爻丕賱 亘毓丿 丿乇 丕爻鬲讴賴賱賲 亘賴 夭亘丕賳 丕氐賱蹖 趩丕倬 賵 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿
: 丌賳趩賴 鬲爻賵丕蹖讴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 亘賴 賲丕 亘诏賵蹖丿
鬲爻賵丕蹖讴 賲乇丿蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 亘賳丿乇鬲 賳馗乇丕鬲卮 乇丕 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 爻蹖丕爻鬲 賵 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 丿賳蹖丕 氐乇蹖丨丕 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴乇丿
丕賵 亘丕 賴賲丕賳 卮蹖賵賴 禺賵丿卮 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 鬲賮丕賵鬲 丿賵 噩賴丕賳 乇丕 賳卮丕賳 亘丿賴丿: 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿卮 賵 乇賵卮賳賮讴乇丕賳 丿乇 丌賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 亘丕 噩賴丕賳蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖
賵 亘乇丕蹖 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賳 噩賴丕賳卮貙 卮胤乇賳噩 賲氐丿丕賯 禺賵亘蹖 丕爻鬲
鬲賳賴丕 卮胤乇賳噩 丕爻鬲 讴賴 卮丕賳爻 賵 鬲氐丕丿賮 賵 鬲賯賱亘 亘賴 賴蹖趩 卮讴賱 丿乇 丌賳 乇丕賴 賳丿丕乇丿貙 賵 倬蹖乇賵夭蹖 丿乇 丕蹖賳 氐丨賳賴 亘賴 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖 蹖丕 賳賵毓蹖 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖貙 賵丕亘爻鬲賴 丕爻鬲
丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 噩賴丕賳 亘丕 噩賴丕賳 賵丕賯毓蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 賮乇賯 丿丕乇丿. 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 賴蹖鬲賱乇賴丕 賵 賮丕卮蹖爻鬲 賴丕 讴賵乇賴 賴丕蹖 丌丿賲 爻賵夭蹖 乇丕賴 賲蹖 丕賳丿丕夭賳丿 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 乇丕丨鬲 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 乇丕 賯鬲賱 毓丕賲 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿
鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 "噩賴丕賳 丿蹖乇賵夭" 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫池�: 賲賳 賵 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 噩賵丕賳賲 賮讴乇 賵 匕讴乇蹖 噩夭 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 賳丿丕卮鬲蹖賲貙 賴蹖趩 賲鬲賵噩賴 賳亘賵丿蹖賲 讴賴 鬲丨賵賱丕鬲 爻蹖丕爻蹖 禺胤乇賳丕讴蹖 丿乇 倬蹖乇丕賲賵賳 賲丕 乇賵蹖 賲蹖鈥� 丿賴丿. 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 賵 賳賯卮鈥� 賴丕蹖 夭蹖亘丕 賳诏丕賴 賲丕 乇丕 倬乇 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 夭卮鬲蹖 賵 倬賱蹖丿蹖 賮乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖�
:丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕蹖賳 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 乇丕 趩賳蹖賳 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿
鬲噩爻賲 丕蹖賳 賯囟蹖賴 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 丿卮賵丕乇 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳 鬲賲丕賲 賵 賵噩賵丿 賵 賴爻鬲蹖 丕卮 乇丕 丿乇 卮氐鬲 賵 趩賴丕乇 禺丕賳賴 蹖 爻蹖丕賴 賵 爻賮蹖丿 氐賮丨賴 卮馗乇賳噩 禺賱丕氐賴 賵 賲丨丿賵丿 讴賳丿. 蹖讴 丕賳爻丕賳 趩诏賵賳賴 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 丿乇 趩賳蹖賳 賲丨丿賵丿賴 丕蹖 亘賲丕賳丿 賵 賮讴乇 賵 匕讴乇卮 丕蹖賳 亘丕卮丿 讴賴 趩诏賵賳賴 賲賴乇賴 賴丕蹖 爻蹖 賵 丿賵诏丕賳賴 乇丕 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 爻蹖丕賴 賵 爻賮蹖丿 倬爻 賵 倬蹖卮 亘亘乇丿 賵 亘丕夭蹖 乇丕 趩诏賵賳賴 賵 丕夭 讴噩丕 卮乇賵毓 讴賳丿責
賴賲蹖賳 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖 卮賵丿 丿乇 丿乇賵賳卮 賵丕乇丿 賳亘乇丿蹖 爻賴賲诏蹖賳 亘卮賵丿 : 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏
丿乇 丕蹖賳 亘丕夭蹖 賲賳 賴賲 爻蹖丕賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 賴賲 爻賮蹖丿. 爻蹖丕賴 讴賴 賲賳 亘賵丿賲 亘丕 爻賮蹖丿 賲蹖 噩賳诏蹖丿貙 讴賴 丌賳 賴賲 賲賳 亘賵丿賲 賵 賴乇讴丿丕賲 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕爻鬲賳丿 倬蹖乇賵夭 卮賵賳丿. 賵 賴乇賵賯鬲 讴賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿賵 丨乇蹖賮 倬蹖乇賵夭 賲蹖 卮丿貙 賳賲蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲賲 趩賴 丕丨爻丕爻蹖 亘丕蹖丿 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賲. 趩賵賳 賯爻賲鬲蹖 丕夭 賲睾夭 賲賳 亘乇 賯爻賲鬲 丿蹖诏乇蹖 倬蹖乇賵夭 卮丿賴 亘賵丿
丕賳爻丕賳 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丿乇 賲賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 賲蹖 禺賵丕爻鬲 丕夭 丨賯 禺賵丿 丿賮丕毓 讴賳丿 丕賲丕 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲貙 賵 賳丕趩丕乇 亘賴 囟丿蹖鬲 亘丕 丕賳爻丕賳 丿蹖诏乇蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賲賳 亘賵丿貙 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 賵 賲乇丕 丿趩丕乇 卮蹖丿丕蹖蹖 賵 亘蹖 賯乇丕乇蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿
鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 趩賳丕賳 乇賵丨 馗乇蹖賮蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 讴賴 胤丕賯鬲 丿蹖丿賳 禺卮賵賳鬲 賴丕蹖 賳丕夭蹖 賴丕 乇丕 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 丕亘鬲丿丕 亘賴 賱賳丿賳 賵 爻倬爻 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賲蹖 乇賵丿
賵 亘毓丿 丌賳噩丕 乇丕 鬲乇讴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 毓賱鬲卮 卮丕蹖丿 丕蹖賳 亘丕卮丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丿賵 讴卮賵乇 賴賲 賵丕乇丿 噩賳诏 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵 蹖丕 禺賵丕賴賳丿 卮丿 賵 丕賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 丕夭 趩賳蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 賮乇丕乇 讴賳丿 賵 賵 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕乇丿 倬賳丕賴 亘亘乇丿 賵 賴賲蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 爻乇 丕夭 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 噩賳賵亘蹖 賵 亘夭乇蹖賱 丿乇 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿
丕賲丕 亘毓丿 賲丿鬲蹖 丕夭 丌賳噩丕 賴賲 禺爻鬲賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 趩賵賳 丕夭 讴卮賵乇 賵 丕夭 丌乇賲丕賳 賴丕蹖 丕氐賱蹖卮 丿賵乇 丕賮鬲丕丿賴
:丕賵 丿乇 丌禺乇蹖賳 賳丕賲賴 丕卮 趩賳蹖賳 賲蹖 賳賵蹖爻丿
讴丕乇蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳噩丕賲 丿丕丿賳 賳亘賵丿貙 賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 卮賳蹖丿賳貙 賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 丿蹖丿賳貙 禺賱兀 賴賲賴 噩丕 乇丕 賮乇丕 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿...禺賱卅蹖 讴丕賲賱丕賸 亘蹖鈥屫� 賵 亘蹖 夭賲丕賳
胤蹖 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 丿乇丕夭 丿乇亘丿乇蹖 賵 丌賵丕乇诏蹖 禺爻鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵 丿蹖诏乇 鬲賵丕賳 丕丿丕賲賴 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賳丿丕乇賲
:丨乇賮 丌禺乇
亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 賵 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 丕卮 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 丿賯鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 卮賵丿
丕蹖賳讴賴 賳亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖蹖 乇賵蹖丕蹖蹖 賮乇賵 乇賮鬲 賵 賯丿乇鬲 賮丕卮蹖爻鬲 賴丕 賵 賳跇丕丿倬乇爻鬲 賴丕 賵 丕賮乇丕胤蹖 賴丕 乇丕 丿爻鬲 讴賲 诏乇賮鬲
..賵 诏乇賳賴 丿賵亘丕乇賴 鬲丕乇蹖禺 鬲讴乇丕乇 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿
乇賵賲賳 乇賵賱丕賳 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿: 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 丕爻賱丨賴 賯賱賲 禺賵丿 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 夭賵乇诏賵蹖丕賳 賵 噩賳诏 胤賱亘丕賳 亘丕蹖爻鬲丿
賳賲賵賳賴 趩賳蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 芦鬲賵賲丕爻 賲丕賳禄 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 亘丕 鬲賲丕賲 丕丨鬲乇丕賲蹖 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 鬲爻賵丕蹖诏 賯丕卅賱 亘賵丿 丕賳夭噩丕乇卮 丕夭 禺賵丿讴卮蹖 丕賵 乇丕 倬賳賴丕賳 賳讴乇丿
丕賵 賴乇诏夭 賳賲蹖鈥屫ㄘй屫池� 丕蹖賳 倬蹖乇賵夭蹖 乇丕 亘賴 賳丕夭蹖 賴丕 丕乇夭丕賳蹖 賲蹖 丿丕卮鬲貙 賵 丕诏乇 賳賮乇鬲 賵 丕賳夭噩丕乇卮 丕夭 丌賳鈥� 賴丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿貙 賴蹖趩鈥� 诏丕賴 亘賴 趩賳蹖賳 毓賲賱蹖 丿爻鬲 賳賲蹖 夭丿
:禺賱丕氐賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘
丿乇 丕蹖賳 禺賱丕氐賴 毓賱鬲 亘乇丿丕卮鬲 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕賲 乇丕 丌賵乇丿賴 丕賲 賵 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕
July 5, 2024
Magnificent obsession
馃徍 it is a Greek tragedy 馃徍
Though in this case an Austrian-Jewish one.
鈾燂笍 A man incarcerated by the Nazis learns to play chess in solitude to such an extraordinary degree he suffers mental collapse.
Recovered, years later, he happens upon a game of chess aboard a passenger ship, involves himself, wins the game against his opponent (actually the world champion though he doesn鈥檛 initially know this), then finds a desire flames up in him to play his opponent again and again and again.
The writing is feverish and intense just like the character who approaches each chess game, whether in his mind or at a chessboard against a human opponent, with the utmost intensity and ferocity.
The prose is unrelenting. The story is read in less than an hour, but leaves its mark.
You are in the man鈥檚 whirling and brilliant mind. The mind that defeated Gestapo interrogators. And the chessboard.
鈾燂笍 And ultimately himself.
馃徍 it is a Greek tragedy 馃徍
Though in this case an Austrian-Jewish one.
鈾燂笍 A man incarcerated by the Nazis learns to play chess in solitude to such an extraordinary degree he suffers mental collapse.
Recovered, years later, he happens upon a game of chess aboard a passenger ship, involves himself, wins the game against his opponent (actually the world champion though he doesn鈥檛 initially know this), then finds a desire flames up in him to play his opponent again and again and again.
The writing is feverish and intense just like the character who approaches each chess game, whether in his mind or at a chessboard against a human opponent, with the utmost intensity and ferocity.
The prose is unrelenting. The story is read in less than an hour, but leaves its mark.
You are in the man鈥檚 whirling and brilliant mind. The mind that defeated Gestapo interrogators. And the chessboard.
鈾燂笍 And ultimately himself.
October 1, 2023
No s茅 nada de ajedrez, pero s铆 s茅 que el autor es un genio.
El trasfondo de la historia es interesant铆simo, la presi贸n psicol贸gica a la que se ve sometido un hombre, en tiempos de guerra.
Un viaje en un crucero en la que dos personajes se enfrentan a una partida de ajedrez determinante. Uno, el campe贸n mundial, el otro, un enigm谩tico pasajero con un pasado a cuestas que iremos descubriendo a medida que avanza la historia, entre jugadas claves y una construcci贸n psicol贸gica como solo Zweig sabe hacerlo.
El trasfondo de la historia es interesant铆simo, la presi贸n psicol贸gica a la que se ve sometido un hombre, en tiempos de guerra.
Un viaje en un crucero en la que dos personajes se enfrentan a una partida de ajedrez determinante. Uno, el campe贸n mundial, el otro, un enigm谩tico pasajero con un pasado a cuestas que iremos descubriendo a medida que avanza la historia, entre jugadas claves y una construcci贸n psicol贸gica como solo Zweig sabe hacerlo.
March 15, 2023
鈥淧eople and events don't disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments.鈥�
A Chess Story is a searing portrayal of obsession, the fragility and power of the mind, and the examination of PTSD experienced by many soldiers after the war, particularly those incarcerated and tortured by their ruthless captors. The game is set and the stakes are high!!!!
A cruise liner is the venue, and the story is about an unknown man, Dr B, who plays the talented chess player, Mirko Czentovic, at his own game. As world champion, Mirko challenges his travelling companions and the unsuspecting guests to a game of chess that sees his purse grow and his formidable reputation untarnished. However, the lucrative and winning streak comes to an end when a very private and introverted man decides to assist with the game.
However, this man has a traumatic and tragic history because his talent for chess was a coping mechanism during his imprisonment when he perfected the game of chess in his head. A talent acquired to combat solitude, loneliness, and nothingness, vividly depicted in the quote鈥�
鈥淭hey did nothing鈥攐ther than subjecting us to complete nothingness. For, as is well known, nothing on earth puts more pressure on the human mind than nothing.鈥�
A profound story and a disturbing one with its reflection on the power and fragility of the mind when subjected to horrific treatment and suffering. And during those times, the persons survival relies on the most delicate human organ 鈥� the mind. The power of this story however, comes with how the ex-soldier deals with the present day as the game he has become embroiled in brings back the most haunting of memories. This is heart-breaking.
A critical but sensitive depiction of the effects of war. A superb short story that captures so much, adequately depicts trauma, and carefully examines the highs and lows of the recovering soldier. How poignant, touching and unfortunately relevant.
And to finish with one of my favourite quotes about the game of chess and life (Although not from this book) 鈥�.
鈥淟ife is like a game of chess.
To win you have to make a move.
Knowing which move to make comes with insight and knowledge,
and by learning the lessons that are
accumulated along the way.
We become each and every piece within the game called life!鈥�
鈥� Allan Rufus.
These stories are perfect little fillers between books. Powerful and with such purpose and meaning.
A Chess Story is a searing portrayal of obsession, the fragility and power of the mind, and the examination of PTSD experienced by many soldiers after the war, particularly those incarcerated and tortured by their ruthless captors. The game is set and the stakes are high!!!!
A cruise liner is the venue, and the story is about an unknown man, Dr B, who plays the talented chess player, Mirko Czentovic, at his own game. As world champion, Mirko challenges his travelling companions and the unsuspecting guests to a game of chess that sees his purse grow and his formidable reputation untarnished. However, the lucrative and winning streak comes to an end when a very private and introverted man decides to assist with the game.
However, this man has a traumatic and tragic history because his talent for chess was a coping mechanism during his imprisonment when he perfected the game of chess in his head. A talent acquired to combat solitude, loneliness, and nothingness, vividly depicted in the quote鈥�
鈥淭hey did nothing鈥攐ther than subjecting us to complete nothingness. For, as is well known, nothing on earth puts more pressure on the human mind than nothing.鈥�
A profound story and a disturbing one with its reflection on the power and fragility of the mind when subjected to horrific treatment and suffering. And during those times, the persons survival relies on the most delicate human organ 鈥� the mind. The power of this story however, comes with how the ex-soldier deals with the present day as the game he has become embroiled in brings back the most haunting of memories. This is heart-breaking.
A critical but sensitive depiction of the effects of war. A superb short story that captures so much, adequately depicts trauma, and carefully examines the highs and lows of the recovering soldier. How poignant, touching and unfortunately relevant.
And to finish with one of my favourite quotes about the game of chess and life (Although not from this book) 鈥�.
鈥淟ife is like a game of chess.
To win you have to make a move.
Knowing which move to make comes with insight and knowledge,
and by learning the lessons that are
accumulated along the way.
We become each and every piece within the game called life!鈥�
鈥� Allan Rufus.
These stories are perfect little fillers between books. Powerful and with such purpose and meaning.
February 16, 2016
This book is about the workings of the mind.
But before I go into that, let me start by saying that to me the name of Stefan Zweig evokes a feeling of nostalgia. Of course, this is foremost due to the title of his famous memoirs, and because we know that he belonged to a world that was disappearing. And probably because he realized this he decided to depart from it.
But for me it creates an additional longing. It makes me yearn for a world in which I did not yet exist, a world that followed Zweig鈥檚. In particular the beginning of this novel, which starts out in a ship travelling from New York to Buenos Aires, at a time when these two cities, together with Shanghai, were the most cosmopolitan centers in the world, made me think of a few decades later when my parents were young and left their country and boarded on ships that would take them to New York and to Buenos Aires and other places.
Nostalgia is also part of our fantasy.
Zweig鈥檚 novella is a meditation on the nature of the mind: how it creates its own reality, how it lives thanks to sensations and perceptions, but also on how it can get trapped and fall prey to circular thinking.
His story makes you think about the heart of imagination, what is the feeling of anticipation and how an inner mental projection can elicit joy. Zweig presents how curiosity provides a pleasure that the mind needs, but if this curiosity is not tamed it can also enslave the mind. Similarly, surprise is conceived as sudden state that gives fresh air to the mind. For the reader it is easy to identify those mental phenomena, because Zweig focuses on the effects that an object, which is both simple and complex, can provide. Such delicious and nourishing food for the mind is brought about by a book.
Through Zweig鈥檚 writing we observe the process of thinking and learning and problem solving, and how these constitute the gymnastics of the brain. The mind needs to explore its limits and exert itself. It needs to surmount obstacles and for this some degree of discipline is required. Understanding, creativity, the power of the brain when it concentrates on a single task, the agility and flexibility that it is capable of-- all of these aspects parade through this tale.
We also see that if the mind鈥檚 nature is abstract it, however, also has to be able to project outside itself. It needs to record what is in the world and absorb it, and if its space and universe is limited, its locked up habitat will be disastrous. This is what Zweig calls materielle Exterritorialisierung.
By studying what happens to the mind when it is put in a vacuum, in isolation, when it is on a diet of sensory stimuli, which is its vital source of energy, Zweig creates a situation of despair, a monotony that would only sound like a single tone with no rhythm. He presents us the mental existence of Nothingness, in which one can only enslave himself (Der Sklave des Nichts).
Because related to sensory input and the capability to project onto larger space, for the mind, in spite of its cogito abilities it is essential to be able to deal with one of the most abstract concepts: it needs to measure time. If one is deprived of a system of proportions, time just does not exist: it conflates. And the mind is in the void.
It is then that consciousness can split, because the mind has turned against itself, and dichotomies and paradoxes and impossibilities relish in this new schizophrenic self. The poisonous obsessions possess the psyche. Anxiety and patience confront each other like opposing players in a chess game.
Either Nonsense or a new Self emerges.
And of course, all of the above is developed through a gripping plot.
April 22, 2014
The chessplayer and the non-chessplayer will read this classic novella in different ways. The non-chessplayer sees it as a tragedy where the noble but unworldly Dr. B is defeated by the oafish but practical Czentovic. Chess is used to symbolize the pure world of the mind, where Dr. B should triumph due to his superior intellectual powers, but discovers that his opponent's ruthlessness and greed are stronger. Czentovic cannot win fairly, but is perfectly happy to cheat.
The chessplayer would like to read the story this way, but can't; unfortunately, he knows that chess is not the way it is depicted in Zweig's fable. In real life, Dr. B would not stand a chance against Czentovic. Chess is a practical skill, which cannot be acquired in the way described here.
This, to the chessplayer, is the real tragedy. Chess should be the noble game of the story, and even appears to be so for the uninitiated. It is only after a great deal of work has been invested trying to master it that its true nature becomes clear.
Tragedy indeed...
The chessplayer would like to read the story this way, but can't; unfortunately, he knows that chess is not the way it is depicted in Zweig's fable. In real life, Dr. B would not stand a chance against Czentovic. Chess is a practical skill, which cannot be acquired in the way described here.
This, to the chessplayer, is the real tragedy. Chess should be the noble game of the story, and even appears to be so for the uninitiated. It is only after a great deal of work has been invested trying to master it that its true nature becomes clear.
Tragedy indeed...
November 15, 2017
"兀賵 賱賷爻 賲賳 丕賱賴賷賾賳 兀賳 乇噩賱丕賸 賷丨爻亘 賳賮爻賴 毓馗賷賲丕賸 廿匕丕 賰丕賳 賴匕丕 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賷噩賴賱 兀賳 丕賱丿賳賷丕 賯丿 毓乇賮鬲 乇賲亘乇丕賳鬲 賵亘賷鬲賴賵賮賳 賵丿丕賳鬲賷責"
賯丿 鬲丨鬲賵賷 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 賰卮賮丕賸 賱亘毓囟 賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
賰丕賳鬲 賲毓乇賮鬲賷 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘爻鬲賷賮丕賳 夭賮丕賷睾 賮賷 氐賮丨丕鬲 賰鬲丕亘賴 "賲丕乇賷 兀賳胤賵丕賳賷鬲"貙 鬲賱賰 丕賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 噩毓賱鬲賳賷 兀賳亘賴乇 亘賰賱 丕賱鬲賮氐賷賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 兀賵乇丿賴丕 賵兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱賲鬲賲丕爻賰 丕賱賲丿賴卮 賵丕賱睾賳賷貙 賮賰丕賳鬲 亘丨賯 賵噩亘丞 丿爻賲丞 鬲賲賳賾賷鬲 賱賵 賱賲 鬲賳鬲賴賽 兀亘丿丕賸. 賵賯丿 賯乇兀鬲 丕爻賲 乇賵丕賷丞 "賱丕毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩" 賴賳丕 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賵賯毓貙 賵賰丕賳鬲 丕賰鬲卮丕賮丕賸 噩丿賷丿丕賸 賱夭賮丕賷睾.
鬲丿賵乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 丨賵賱 賱毓亘丞 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩貙 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 兀毓乇賮 賰賷賮 兀賱毓亘賴丕 賷賵賲丕賸. 丨賵賱 丕賱亘胤賱 丕賱賯乇賵賷 丕賱匕賷 兀亘賴乇 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賲賳匕 氐睾乇賴 亘賳亘賵睾賴 賮賷 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩貙 乇睾賲 禺賱賾賮賷鬲賴 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 丕賱賲鬲賵丕囟毓丞貙 賵賯丿 賳賯賵賱 噩賴賱賴 賵亘賱丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 兀賷 毓賲賱 丌禺乇貙 賮兀氐亘丨 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賱丿賷賴 毓亘丕乇丞 毓賳 乇賯毓丞 卮胤乇賳噩 賵兀丨噩丕乇賴丕貙 賵賯丿 賯丕丿賴 賴匕丕 丕賱氐毓賵丿 丕賱賲鬲賵丕氐賱 廿賱賶 丕賱睾乇賵乇 賵毓亘丕丿丞 丕賱賲丕賱.
賵丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱丌禺乇 "丕賱爻賷丿 亘" 丕賱睾丕賲囟貙 丕賱匕賷 爻乇丿 毓賱賷賳丕 賯氐賾鬲賴貙 賵賰賷賮 鬲亘丿賾賱鬲 兀丨賵丕賱賴 賲賳 賲丨丕賲賺 廿賱賶 賲毓鬲賯賱 賮賷 睾乇賮丞 賮賳丿賯 賱丕 賷購賰賱賾賲 兀丨丿丕賸 賵賱丕 賷爻賲毓 氐賵鬲丕賸 丨鬲賶 卮丕乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱丕賳賴賷丕乇貙 賵賮賷 賱丨馗丞 賲丕貙 賵賯毓 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘 毓賳 賱毓亘丞 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩貙 賵賯囟賶 亘賯賷丞 兀賷丕賲 丕毓鬲賯丕賱賴 賷賱毓亘賴丕 賲毓 賳賮爻賴
賵賷囟毓 丕賱禺胤胤 丨鬲賶 兀購氐賷亘 亘賱賵孬丞 賮賷 丿賲丕睾賴!
賵鬲卮丕亍 丕賱兀賯丿丕乇 兀賳 賷賱鬲賯 丕賱乇噩賱丕賳 賮賷 丕賱賱毓亘. 賵賴賳丕 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 賲賳 丕賱賯氐丞貙 賵賰兀賳 廿毓氐丕乇丕賸 兀賵 氐丿丕賲丕賸 賷丨丿孬 亘賷賳 毓賯賱賷賳 賵廿乇丕丿鬲賷賳 賵卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 賲禺賱賮鬲賷賳!
廿亘丿毓 夭賮丕賷睾 賮賷 賵氐賮 丕賱卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 賵賮賷 鬲氐賵賷乇 禺賱賹賮賷鬲賴賲丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵鬲胤賵賾乇 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲. 禺氐賵氐丕賸 亘賲丕 賷鬲毓賱賾賯 亘毓賯賱 賰購賱賾 賲賳賴賲丕! 賵兀馗賳 亘兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲購爻賱賾胤 丕賱囟賵亍 毓賱賶 賯丿乇丕鬲 丕賱丿賲丕睾 丕賱亘卮乇賷 亘丕賱丿乇噩丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶. 賵丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰購鬲亘鬲 賮賷賴丕貙 丨賷孬 賰丕賳鬲 兀賱賲丕賳賷丕 丕賱賳丕夭賷丞 賮賷 兀賵噩 賯賵賾鬲賴丕 賵氐丿丕賲 亘賷賳 丕賱丿賷賲賯乇丕胤賷丞 賵丕賱兀賳馗賲丞 丕賱賮丕卮賷丞. 賵賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱爻噩賳 丕賱丕賳賮乇丕丿賷 禺丕乇噩 丕賱夭賲丕賳 賵丕賱賲賰丕賳 賷賯賵丿 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 廿賱賶 丕賱噩賳賵賳貙 賵兀賳 丕賱丕毓鬲賯丕賱 賵丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 賵丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱卮丕賯丞 賲毓 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賱賴賵 兀賮囟賱 賲賳 丕賱賵丨丿丞 丕賱賲胤亘賯丞!
乇賵丕賷丞 賲匕賴賱丞貙 鬲購卮毓乇賰 亘丕賱卮亘毓 賵丕賱丕賲鬲賱丕亍貙 賮毓賱丕賸 賵賰兀賳賳賷 兀鬲丿孬賾乇 亘丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱兀睾胤賷丞 丕賱丿丕賮卅丞! 賵賰兀賳賳賷 亘毓丿賴丕 丕賰鬲賮賷鬲 賲賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞!
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賯丿 鬲丨鬲賵賷 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 賰卮賮丕賸 賱亘毓囟 賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
賰丕賳鬲 賲毓乇賮鬲賷 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘爻鬲賷賮丕賳 夭賮丕賷睾 賮賷 氐賮丨丕鬲 賰鬲丕亘賴 "賲丕乇賷 兀賳胤賵丕賳賷鬲"貙 鬲賱賰 丕賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 噩毓賱鬲賳賷 兀賳亘賴乇 亘賰賱 丕賱鬲賮氐賷賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 兀賵乇丿賴丕 賵兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱賲鬲賲丕爻賰 丕賱賲丿賴卮 賵丕賱睾賳賷貙 賮賰丕賳鬲 亘丨賯 賵噩亘丞 丿爻賲丞 鬲賲賳賾賷鬲 賱賵 賱賲 鬲賳鬲賴賽 兀亘丿丕賸. 賵賯丿 賯乇兀鬲 丕爻賲 乇賵丕賷丞 "賱丕毓亘 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩" 賴賳丕 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賵賯毓貙 賵賰丕賳鬲 丕賰鬲卮丕賮丕賸 噩丿賷丿丕賸 賱夭賮丕賷睾.
鬲丿賵乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 丨賵賱 賱毓亘丞 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩貙 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 兀毓乇賮 賰賷賮 兀賱毓亘賴丕 賷賵賲丕賸. 丨賵賱 丕賱亘胤賱 丕賱賯乇賵賷 丕賱匕賷 兀亘賴乇 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賲賳匕 氐睾乇賴 亘賳亘賵睾賴 賮賷 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩貙 乇睾賲 禺賱賾賮賷鬲賴 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 丕賱賲鬲賵丕囟毓丞貙 賵賯丿 賳賯賵賱 噩賴賱賴 賵亘賱丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 兀賷 毓賲賱 丌禺乇貙 賮兀氐亘丨 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賱丿賷賴 毓亘丕乇丞 毓賳 乇賯毓丞 卮胤乇賳噩 賵兀丨噩丕乇賴丕貙 賵賯丿 賯丕丿賴 賴匕丕 丕賱氐毓賵丿 丕賱賲鬲賵丕氐賱 廿賱賶 丕賱睾乇賵乇 賵毓亘丕丿丞 丕賱賲丕賱.
賵丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱丌禺乇 "丕賱爻賷丿 亘" 丕賱睾丕賲囟貙 丕賱匕賷 爻乇丿 毓賱賷賳丕 賯氐賾鬲賴貙 賵賰賷賮 鬲亘丿賾賱鬲 兀丨賵丕賱賴 賲賳 賲丨丕賲賺 廿賱賶 賲毓鬲賯賱 賮賷 睾乇賮丞 賮賳丿賯 賱丕 賷購賰賱賾賲 兀丨丿丕賸 賵賱丕 賷爻賲毓 氐賵鬲丕賸 丨鬲賶 卮丕乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱丕賳賴賷丕乇貙 賵賮賷 賱丨馗丞 賲丕貙 賵賯毓 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘 毓賳 賱毓亘丞 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩貙 賵賯囟賶 亘賯賷丞 兀賷丕賲 丕毓鬲賯丕賱賴 賷賱毓亘賴丕 賲毓 賳賮爻賴
賵賷囟毓 丕賱禺胤胤 丨鬲賶 兀購氐賷亘 亘賱賵孬丞 賮賷 丿賲丕睾賴!
賵鬲卮丕亍 丕賱兀賯丿丕乇 兀賳 賷賱鬲賯 丕賱乇噩賱丕賳 賮賷 丕賱賱毓亘. 賵賴賳丕 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 賲賳 丕賱賯氐丞貙 賵賰兀賳 廿毓氐丕乇丕賸 兀賵 氐丿丕賲丕賸 賷丨丿孬 亘賷賳 毓賯賱賷賳 賵廿乇丕丿鬲賷賳 賵卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 賲禺賱賮鬲賷賳!
廿亘丿毓 夭賮丕賷睾 賮賷 賵氐賮 丕賱卮禺氐賷鬲賷賳 賵賮賷 鬲氐賵賷乇 禺賱賹賮賷鬲賴賲丕 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵鬲胤賵賾乇 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲. 禺氐賵氐丕賸 亘賲丕 賷鬲毓賱賾賯 亘毓賯賱 賰購賱賾 賲賳賴賲丕! 賵兀馗賳 亘兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲購爻賱賾胤 丕賱囟賵亍 毓賱賶 賯丿乇丕鬲 丕賱丿賲丕睾 丕賱亘卮乇賷 亘丕賱丿乇噩丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶. 賵丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰購鬲亘鬲 賮賷賴丕貙 丨賷孬 賰丕賳鬲 兀賱賲丕賳賷丕 丕賱賳丕夭賷丞 賮賷 兀賵噩 賯賵賾鬲賴丕 賵氐丿丕賲 亘賷賳 丕賱丿賷賲賯乇丕胤賷丞 賵丕賱兀賳馗賲丞 丕賱賮丕卮賷丞. 賵賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱爻噩賳 丕賱丕賳賮乇丕丿賷 禺丕乇噩 丕賱夭賲丕賳 賵丕賱賲賰丕賳 賷賯賵丿 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 廿賱賶 丕賱噩賳賵賳貙 賵兀賳 丕賱丕毓鬲賯丕賱 賵丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 賵丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱卮丕賯丞 賲毓 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賱賴賵 兀賮囟賱 賲賳 丕賱賵丨丿丞 丕賱賲胤亘賯丞!
乇賵丕賷丞 賲匕賴賱丞貙 鬲購卮毓乇賰 亘丕賱卮亘毓 賵丕賱丕賲鬲賱丕亍貙 賮毓賱丕賸 賵賰兀賳賳賷 兀鬲丿孬賾乇 亘丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱兀睾胤賷丞 丕賱丿丕賮卅丞! 賵賰兀賳賳賷 亘毓丿賴丕 丕賰鬲賮賷鬲 賲賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞!
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