A cornucopia of games, positions, biographies, mysteries, howlers, reviews, quotations, etc., featuring a cast of hundreds from the chess world of today and yesteryear -- the champions and the under-achievers, the scholars and the bunglers, the saints and the sinners. Every page provides fascinating, little-known material from an author who is prepared to name names. Includes * Indexes of games, players, and openings * Engaging chess games * Fascinating anecdotes.