To se nehraje! aneb Šachy nejsou nuda! – group of authors (2023)

Approximately one billion people play chess on Earth, and millions to billions of chess games are played online. For some, chess is entertainment; for others, it is art, science, sport, or an escape from the mundane everyday life, while for some, chess is a livelihood. The original book of chess fiction, in which nearly forty authors, both well-known and lesser-known, open a window into the backstage of tournaments and the chess world of its protagonists. It brings chess stories, short stories, or jokes, memories of humorous situations right at the chessboard that are great to share while sitting with friends, curiosities from the backstage of team matches (especially disputes in time trouble, the role of referees, electronic 'aids' and their interventions), or simply anecdotes as chess life brings them. Witty, objective, and with a deep understanding, it tells about chess players and their games. ***** David Holemář and 30 other authors (Miroslav Beneš, Václav Buchta, Robert Cvek, Tomáš Danada, Alice Fajová, Oskar Hájek, Jiří Hnilo, Pavel Hubený, Jana Jacková, Luboš Janíček, Jan Kalendovský, Lucie Klusková, Karel Kredl, Eva Kulovaná, Viktor Láznička, Ivan Markovič, Milan Markovič, Pavel Menčík, Stanislav Messerchmidt, Miroslav Michálek, Dušan Mikuláš, David Navara, Vladimír Pán, Jerguš Pecháč,…