Sacrifice of the Chess King

A novel based on true events that unravels the greatest mystery in chess history.
The year is 1972. The Cold War is at its peak and the young American Bobby Fischer becomes the world chess champion when he defeats the Russian champion Boris Spassky in front of the whole world. This ends the unbroken series of Soviet world champions since 1948.
From this humiliation, the promise of the top representatives of the Soviet Union to the domestic and world public is born: " At the next World Cup, our proud representative will crush the American! " In 1975, the shock really comes: Bobby Fischer gives up his title. The chess grandmaster resigns without a fight or explanation and disappears from the media spotlight.
Why did Fischer decide not to defend his title, even though he knew he was invincible?
His decision remained a mystery for a long time. Historians, philosophers, and psychiatrists eventually came up with the only possible explanation: Bobby must have lost his mind. But they did not have the information that the author of The Sacrifice of the Chess King obtained – and because of which she had to write her novel under a pseudonym.
Part spy novel and part great love story, it takes readers into thrilling historical settings, from the smoky chess clubs of New York to the corridors of the Kremlin itself, and after half a century of speculation, finally solves the greatest mystery in chess history.