(It's not a game! or Chess is not boring). The book contains narratives of various chess players, their short stories and anecdotes accompanied by games and diagrams. The main author is the well-known Brno FIDE master David Holemar, however, almost forty people, including grandmasters, contributed to the book. There are several dozen annotated games in the book, 14 of which are described by the author as his most successful. The contributors are Miroslav Benes, Vaclav Buchta, Robert Cvek, Tomas Danada, Alice Fajova, Oskar Hajek, Jiri Hnilo, Pavel Hubeny, Jana Jackova, Lubos Janicek, Jan Kalendovsky, Lucie Kluskova, Karel Kredl, Eva Kulovana, Viktor Laznicka, Ivan Markovic, Milan Markovic, Pavel Mencik, Stanislav Messerchmidt, Miroslav Michalek, Dusan Mikulas, David Navara, Vladimir Pan, Jergus Pechac, Joana Pribylova, Lenka Ptacnikova, Jiri Rehurek, Lukas Rehurek, Petr Skacelik, Vladislav Sladek, Milan Smistik, Michal Sysel, Daniel Telarik, Michal Vavra, and others.
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