Chess Buccaneer:Life/Games of Manuel Bosboom by Boel and Van Delft

The Most Colourful Chess Player You've Never Heard Of. Until Now.

There aren't many chess players who can say they've beaten Garry Kasparov in an official blitz game and crushed Peter Leko in a classical game in just 26 moves. Manuel Bosboom can say both — and that's just the beginning.

The Dutch International Master never reached the very top of chess, but over a swashbuckling career he produced an astonishing volume of brilliantly creative games. When Bosboom enters the room, every chess player smiles. His enthusiasm for the game and zest for life are impossible to resist.

What This Book Delivers:

• A captivating collection of Bosboom's most creative and stunning games
• The adventurous life story of the 'Wizard from Zaanstad' — who grew up in a shed next to a 17th-century windmill on the Zaanse Schans
• Hilarious, touching, and vivid stories from the Dutch chess scene across four decades
• Written by FIDE Master Peter Boel and IM Merijn van Delft (author of Mastering Positional Sacrifices)
• Paperback, 288 pages — New In Chess

Creative chess. A wild life. A book unlike any other. Meet the Chess Buccaneer.