LINARES !  

LINARES ! A Journey Into the Heart of CHESS

 by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
 

This is a BRAND NEW Rare VINTAGE paperback book, which is very hard to find, even used.    This is a great price, and this book is a great opportunity to improve your library.  If you play chess, you have heard of Linares  [think of it as the Wimbledon of Chess].

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Once a year some of the world's sharpest minds gather in the Andalusian town of Linares. In the splendid isolation of Don Luis Rentero's hotel Anibal, the leading grandmasters of chess decide, as Garry Kasparov puts it 'who is who for the coming year'. Ten Geuzendam engrossingly evocates the games, intrigues and conflicts that have made the supertorneo a unique tradition. Why does time come to a standstill in this provincial Spanish town when the chess players arrive?