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Chess Players

出版	Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US, 2021-10-24
主題	Games & Activities / Chess
ISBN	9798752943812
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Rxy2zgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Chess is one of the oldest games of Western civilization: historians usually trace it back to the 7th or 8th century AD, and consider India as its place of origin (12). In Europe it was introduced in the thirteenth century.
Only in the last hundred years, however, has chess become a very popular game all over the world. The first international tournament was held in London in 1851, and international competitions of this type have been held regularly ever since. Since the rules are essentially the same in all civilized nations, it has become a truly universal means of communication.
Chess literature, which consists of collections of games played by masters and manuals that teach players to improve their game, has increased in proportions that are said to exceed that of all other games combined. Today, chess has reached the highest popularity in the Soviet Union, where it is virtually a national sport.
For many players, the game has a peculiar charm; during the game they forget everything else: wife, friends, family, business. Chess becomes a world of its own, games can last for hours, sometimes days, and the outside world no longer exists. In many chess circles there is at least one man who has given up everything for the game - he has become a person who eats, drinks and sleeps thinking only of chess. Sometimes he is a professional, and derives a meager subsistence from the game; more often he is not, but he always remains a man with a fanatical dedication to the game. The temptation to abandon everything for chess is so strong that many players realistically recognize the danger and give it up altogether, returning only when all other interests have been satisfied.