Henrik Malm Lindberg : FIDE President Folke Rogard

Autor: Henrik Malm Lindberg
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Sprache: Englisch

The lawyer organized modern chess during cold war

Chess is the ultimate game of war, and this book presents the first story of the game as part of cultural warfare winning the hearts and minds during the Cold War, built on reliable sources never used before. The person in the centre of the story is Folke Rogard, the president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) between 1949 and 1970.