About the book: 1993 / As a rule, all chess players are united by a rich sense of humor. Funny and amusing stories from the lives of world champions, grandmasters, and their immediate circle, as they say, go around the world in oral retellings with all sorts of interpretations. The author, a master of sports and coach, talks about many such enticing, spicy stories that happened to chess players and coaches , judges. In some chapters the author acts as a compiler. For a wide range of readers. (From the publisher)