Schach - Die Kunst des Schachspiels

Schach - Die Kunst des Schachspiels

Schach - Die Kunst des Schachspiels, Ernst Strouhal, 462 p.

A very elaborate work on chess divided into three parts, which are built up as a story within a story. The first part combines three different time domains, the story of a day, the story of a life and the story of a game, all based on the life of the polish Master Akiba Rubinstein. The rhythm of the chapters in the first part of the book is determined by the moves of Akiba Rubinstein's chess game against Ernst Grünfeld on 5 August 1929 in Karlsbad.

The first part is followed by a second part with an extensive register of pictures, which inter alia show various historical chess sets, and a third part with exemplary chess games, 42 of which give an overview of Akiba Rubinstein's life and an additional 100 games try to convey a history of chess style.

The author, Ernst Strouhal, is a faculty member of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Ein Lied der Vernunft. Schach: Die Welt in 64 Feldern", which roughly translates to "A song of reason. Chess: The world in 64 squares", which was held in the Jewish Museum of Vienna from 3 May to 30 June 1996. 
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