Spy's Mate
A Novel
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Thinkers Publishing
Publishing:14th Oct '25
£17.99
This title is due to be published on 14th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Set in the late Cold War-era Soviet Union, SPY’S MATE: A NOVEL follows the coming of age of Yasha Basmajian, a young chess prodigy of Armenian origin who rises through the ranks of the Soviet chess establishment with dizzying rapidity. Along the way, however, he must contend with many pitfalls, including KGB operatives who manipulate him, jealous rivals who try to humiliate him, and high officials who threaten him when he asserts his independence, or takes a principled stance. With help from a renegade coach and a team of anti-establishment grandmasters, Yasha manages to run the gauntlet of two Candidates Tournaments until eventually he faces the sinister, predatory World Chess Champion, Evgeny Volosin, in a match where the stakes are nothing less than life and death.
ISBN: 9789083488233
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
425 pages
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