A. Aldridge (NZ) versus S. Willard (USA): the high-stakes chess match few are aware of...

A. Aldridge (NZ) versus S. Willard (USA): the high-stakes chess match few are aware of...

by Steven B. Willard
A. Aldridge (NZ) versus S. Willard (USA): the high-stakes chess match few are aware of...

A. Aldridge (NZ) versus S. Willard (USA): the high-stakes chess match few are aware of...

by Steven B. Willard

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Overview

Two amateur chess players are plucked from obscurity to settle an international trade dispute...and hilarity ensues! A book to be savored in the cheap & cheerful spirit: 54 tasty games (tapas variety - no pretentious fare here) paired nicely with 10 amusing tales (each as approachable as a playful Garnacha-Tempranillo blend or a carafe of Sangria).

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781456572891
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 02/20/2015
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Steven Willard is a polymath, who: loves chess, appreciates fine wine, plays tennis, studies the art of the martini (both schools of thought-gin & vodka), knows BBQ, competes at darts, enjoys the opera, contemplates the philosophy of John Rawls, folds origami, collects vinyl records, understands Fermat's Conjecture, adores the cinema (especially foreign films), and engages in serious Geocachery.

In his spare time, he dreams about the aurora borealis, wonders at the ethereal song of the Hermit Thrush, and composes Japanese poetry:

Watashi no kareina kogeki...
fuyu no nadare no yo ni...
lmaimashi! Chodo watashi no joo o ushinatta.

(That's truly beautiful-- don't you think?)

Steve lives in a small shire, nestled away in the quiet Pennsylvania countryside with his wife, three kids, and three dogs. He is a longtime contributor to New Zealand Chess. This is his first book.
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