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Checkmate in Prague: The memoirs of a grandmaster

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grandmaster edition arrest and search, imprisoned. banned from chess, and crossing the frontier

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

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Luděk Pachman

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Luděk Pachman (German: Ludek Pachmann) was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he was allowed to emigrate to West Germany. He lived the remainder of his life there, and resumed his chess career with considerable success, including playing in the Interzonal in 1976 and winning the West German Championship in 1978.

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August 20, 2020
A small window into chess behind the iron curtain. Excellent.
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109 reviews17 followers
March 15, 2021
Velice zajímavý vhled do historie. Pachman vzpomíná především na padesátá a šedesátá léta v komunistickém Československu. Co jeho paměti ovšem odlišuje od mnohých jiných vzpomínkových knih je fakt, že jsou psány v první polovině sedmdesátých let. Jeho perspektiva je tudíž vcelku bezprostřední a často nahlíží na věci a lidi, kteří později vstoupili do historie, pro nás nezvyklýma očima. Ze stejného důvodu však může kniha občas působit mírně zdlouhavě a apologeticky.
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