The Pawn

In this gripping historical saga, award—winning Spanish writer Paco Cerdà explores simmering Cold War anxieties through the lens of a legendary chess match.

Stockholm, 1962. Spain’s first chess grandmaster, Arturito Pomar, faces off against eighteen—year—old American prodigy Bobby Fischer in a match destined for legend, celebrated more for its symbolism than for its outcome. Shuttling across decades and between the United States, Spain, the Soviet Union, and beyond, The Pawn chronicles the c...