Originally posted by bosintangThe story takes place in the early years of the Cold War and centers on a U.S. Army Colonel, Bryan Kelly, whose plane has been shot down in the Asiatic mainland. With him are his two sons, his wife, the pilot and co-pilot, and ten enlisted men. The sixteen prisoners are held captive by the Chinese officer Pi Ying, who forces Kelly to play a game of chess — using his family and men as the pieces. If he can defeat Pi Ying in the battle of wits, then the sixteen captives are free to go, except there is one catch: every American piece who is captured will be executed immediately. This leads to a moral dilemma for Kelly as he is forced to make decisions with the lives of everyone hanging in balance.
Kurt Vonnegut has a short story;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_King%27s_Horses_%28story%29
Brilliant!
So - which piece would you be?
Originally posted by greenpawn34Any time now someone is going to start a thread with the title "Jack Battell is a known chess abacus user".
There are 1000's of books which have chess as the background.
OK a slight exageration....there are 100's....Well OK perhaps 5.
But these 5 are good.
Actually they are crap.
The 'true' stories about real chess players are far better.
Morphy, Alekhine, FIscher and you get the bonus of real good games thrown in.
Not made up stuff with illegal ...[text shortened]... ime the debate about weak OTB but good at C.C. crops up
sling that one onto the table.