From the cover: The rules of The Greatest Tournament in Chess History, the USD 20 million Sheldrake Memorial Tournament, a.k.a. Los Voraces 2019, are: no seconds, no agents, no computers, no entourages, no pagers, no power palms, no phone calls - no outside contact of any kind - s the fourteen greatest chess players in the world gather to compete for money and fame. These geniuses of the game are strange characters - including a possible member of the Russian mafia - and when the tournament begins with the death of the ninth highest rated player in the world, everyone is under suspicion. This fabulous chess novel is full of game scores and diagrams - some pretty amazing games are played at Los Voraces! It’s all told from the point of view of the arbiter, who is quickly drawn from his role as observer to that of target and suspect. Just who is the serial killer with a preference for 2700+ rated grandmasters? More information can be found at mcfarlandbooks.com