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The Best Games of Mir Sultan Khan
143 pages, paperback, Hardinge
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At the height of the British Empire, the chess loving Indian servant, Sultan Khan, arrived in the imperial capital as part of the feudal retinue of Sir Umar, his high caste master. While Sir Umar deliberated in the rarefied atmosphere of London conferences, with British panjandra, on the future of the Raj, his retainer started to take on the British élite at chess. Sweeping all before him, the Indian genius entered the international arena where, playing top board for the British Empire team, he defeated grandmasters, such as Rubinstein. Tartakower also succumbed to the Indian sage, and then came Sultan Khan's greatest triumph - a win against Capablanca. Then, as suddenly and mysteriously as he had arrived, Sultan Khan departed for India and was never heard from again - though rumours did emerge from Kashmir in 1951 that an Indian village chessplayer, when shown the games from the world title match of that year, had opined: "these are two very weak players!"
At the height of the British Empire, the chess loving Indian servant, Sultan Khan, arrived in the imperial capital as part of the feudal retinue of Sir Umar, his high caste master. While Sir Umar deliberated in the rarefied atmosphere of London conferences, with British panjandra, on the future of the Raj, his retainer started to take on the British élite at chess. Sweeping all before him, the Indian genius entered the international arena where, playing top board for the British Empire team, he defeated grandmasters, such as Rubinstein. Tartakower also succumbed to the Indian sage, and then came Sultan Khan's greatest triumph - a win against Capablanca. Then, as suddenly and mysteriously as he had arrived, Sultan Khan departed for India and was never heard from again - though rumours did emerge from Kashmir in 1951 that an Indian village chessplayer, when shown the games from the world title match of that year, had opined: "these are two very weak players!"
| EAN | 9781843821007 |
|---|---|
| Weight | 200 g |
| Manufacturer | Hardinge |
| Width | 13.9 cm |
| Height | 21.6 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Author | Richard Nevil Coles |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-10 | 1843821001 |
| Pages | 143 |
| Binding | paperback |
007 Biographical notes
012 Tournament tables
018 Summary of results
019 List of selected games
023 All-India Championship, Delhi 1928
026 Match v B.E.Siegheim, 1929
28 London Quadrangular Tournament, 1929
032 British Championship, Ramsgate 1929
038 Scarborough Tournament, 1930
042 Hamburg Olympiad, 1930
047 Liege Tournament 1930
055 Hastings Tournament, 1930-1
062 Match v S.Tartakover, 1931
067 Prague Olympiad, 1931
080 British Championship, Worcester 1931
086 Hastings Tournament, 1931-2
091 'Sunday Referee' Tournament, London 1932
095 Match v S.Flohr, 1932
098 Cambridge Tournament, 1932
103 Berne Tournament, 1932
111 British Championship, London 1932
117 Hastings Tournament, 1932-3
120 Folkestone Olympiad, 1933
129 British Championship, Hastings 1933
135 Match v V.K.Khadilkar, 1935
139 Index of Openings
012 Tournament tables
018 Summary of results
019 List of selected games
023 All-India Championship, Delhi 1928
026 Match v B.E.Siegheim, 1929
28 London Quadrangular Tournament, 1929
032 British Championship, Ramsgate 1929
038 Scarborough Tournament, 1930
042 Hamburg Olympiad, 1930
047 Liege Tournament 1930
055 Hastings Tournament, 1930-1
062 Match v S.Tartakover, 1931
067 Prague Olympiad, 1931
080 British Championship, Worcester 1931
086 Hastings Tournament, 1931-2
091 'Sunday Referee' Tournament, London 1932
095 Match v S.Flohr, 1932
098 Cambridge Tournament, 1932
103 Berne Tournament, 1932
111 British Championship, London 1932
117 Hastings Tournament, 1932-3
120 Folkestone Olympiad, 1933
129 British Championship, Hastings 1933
135 Match v V.K.Khadilkar, 1935
139 Index of Openings