Oběť šachového krále – Hoemmel Livie (2024)

A novel based on true events that unravels the greatest mystery in chess history.
It is the year 1972. The Cold War is at its peak, and young American Bobby Fischer becomes the world chess champion by defeating Russian champion Boris Spassky in front of the entire world. This ends the uninterrupted series of Soviet world champions since 1948.
From this humiliation arises a promise from the top officials of the Soviet Union to the domestic and global public: "At the next world championship, our proud representative will crush the American!" In 1975, a shock truly arrives: Bobby Fischer relinquishes his title. The chess grandmaster withdraws without a fight or explanation and disappears from the media spotlight.
Why did Fischer decide not to defend his title, even though he knew he was unbeatable? His decision remained a mystery for a long time. Historians, philosophers, and psychiatrists eventually came up with the only possible explanation: Bobby must have lost his mind. However, they did not have the information that the author of The Victim of the Chess King obtained - and for which she had to write her novel under a pseudonym.
Part spy novel and part grand love story, it takes readers into thrilling historical settings from…