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Interregnum
Inside The Gruelling And Glamorous Two-year Battle To Become The Next King Of Chess
Jordan Himelfarb(0)
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A riveting chronicle of the battle for chess supremacy and the brilliant, eccentric, extremely online grandmasters changing an ancient game.
Every elite chess player dreams of becoming world champion, of wearing the wreath and going down in history. Yet for many of today's top grandmasters, that dream long seemed out of reach: Norwegian juggernaut Magnus Carlsen was just too good. So when Carlsen announced he wouldn't defend his world title for a fifth time, a generation of grandmasters finally saw a chance to sit on the throne.
Interregnum follows these brilliant and often eccentric minds around the world as they vie in elite tournaments to become the 2024 world chess champion. It's a story of triumph and heartbreak, of aspiration and anxiety, of battles over the board and away from the game. It's a story of an ancient sport experiencing a remarkable resurgence and of the players, some of them extremely online enfants terribles, changing the game.
Part sports chronicle, part paean, part character study, Interregnum offers something for both the chess-obsessed and the chess-curious as well as anyone who enjoys a riveting tale of struggle in sport or triumph of the intellect.
A riveting chronicle of the battle for chess supremacy and the brilliant, eccentric, extremely online grandmasters changing an ancient game.
• CHESS RESURGENCE: The game of chess has surged in popularity in recent years with shows like The Queen's Gambit and sales of chess books increasing by nearly 600 per cent since 2020. Finding a new audience as a spectator sport, more than 500,000 viewers watched the 2021 and 2023 FIDE World Championships.
• BIG PERSONALITIES AND INTRIGUE: A deep dive beyond the world of competitive chess, Interregnum is a journey into the unique culture and how a grandmaster is born. It explores pressing issues in the sport like online cheating, sexism, and the extremely online lives of these grandmasters.
• Will appeal to fans of Joshua Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein; James McManus's Positively Fifth Street; and Stephen Fatsis's Word Freak.
Every elite chess player dreams of becoming world champion, of wearing the wreath and going down in history. Yet for many of today's top grandmasters, that dream long seemed out of reach: Norwegian juggernaut Magnus Carlsen was just too good. So when Carlsen announced he wouldn't defend his world title for a fifth time, a generation of grandmasters finally saw a chance to sit on the throne.
Interregnum follows these brilliant and often eccentric minds around the world as they vie in elite tournaments to become the 2024 world chess champion. It's a story of triumph and heartbreak, of aspiration and anxiety, of battles over the board and away from the game. It's a story of an ancient sport experiencing a remarkable resurgence and of the players, some of them extremely online enfants terribles, changing the game.
Part sports chronicle, part paean, part character study, Interregnum offers something for both the chess-obsessed and the chess-curious as well as anyone who enjoys a riveting tale of struggle in sport or triumph of the intellect.
A riveting chronicle of the battle for chess supremacy and the brilliant, eccentric, extremely online grandmasters changing an ancient game.
• CHESS RESURGENCE: The game of chess has surged in popularity in recent years with shows like The Queen's Gambit and sales of chess books increasing by nearly 600 per cent since 2020. Finding a new audience as a spectator sport, more than 500,000 viewers watched the 2021 and 2023 FIDE World Championships.
• BIG PERSONALITIES AND INTRIGUE: A deep dive beyond the world of competitive chess, Interregnum is a journey into the unique culture and how a grandmaster is born. It explores pressing issues in the sport like online cheating, sexism, and the extremely online lives of these grandmasters.
• Will appeal to fans of Joshua Foer's Moonwalking with Einstein; James McManus's Positively Fifth Street; and Stephen Fatsis's Word Freak.