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Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw

by Thomas Glavinic · 1998

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Carl Haffner is a Vienesse chess master, facing in 1910 the greatest challenge of his life. He has been persuaded to challenge Emmanuel Lasker, the brilliant World Champion for his title. But Haffner is a shy, fragile man, who has escaped poverty only though his extraordinary gift for chess.

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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAustriaAustriaMore like thisLess of thisViennaViennaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 248 pages

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