Josef's Site - Essay On Chess

Book Chapters

+I. The Royal Game: Today and Yesterday

1. Place on Olympus 2. The Gods at the Wedding 3. At the Top of the Pyramide 4. At Down Of Professional Chess 5. World Championship In the Sky 6. A Star Rose in the East 7. Divine Moves In the Supermarket 8. War and Piece

+II. The Dreams of Interplanetary Chess

9. The Report to the Congressman 10. The Splash of Grossmeister Fantasy 11. Real Champions and Movie Champions 12. A Space Flight to Mars 13. Little Secrets of the Stars 14. As Julius Ceasar Said 15. Zlata Praha 16. Sense of Humor

+III. Wizards in the Game

17. The Summit Talks on Chess 18. The Magic Stone and the Stonewall 19. Live and Learn! 20. Alliance with Harry Potter 21. Did Hamlet Play Chess 22. Gladiators from London 23. The Tradition of 1000 Years

+IV. Fathers and Sons

24. Kennedy's Last Move 25. The First Step to the Crown 26. The Unsurpassed Prodigy 27. David Beat Goliaph 28. The Queen Goes to War 29. The Young Lions 30. Moscow Nights in America 31. White Nights in Petersburg

About

Dr. Josef Vatnikov is an international chess master, enthusiast and publicist. Selected chapters from his book Essay on Chess are published on this site.

At the picture Josef is coaching his grandson, David.