{"product_id":"rolf-martens-chess-genius-alex-smith-9789464201758","title":"Rolf Martens - Chess Genius - Maoist - Rebel","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1967, 25-year-old Rolf Martens won the Swedish Championship\u003cbr\u003eplaying faster than anyone before\u003c\/b\u003e. In the Student World Championship\u003cbr\u003ehe defeated one of the world's ten best players, and at the end of the\u003cbr\u003eyear he became the first Swede to make an IM-norm. Efim Geller said: \u003cbr\u003e\"If Martens comes to Moscow, he will become one of the best players\u003cbr\u003ein the world.\"\u003cbr\u003eA few years later, he had quit playing to pursue political activism on\u003cbr\u003ethe far left. It became his vocation for the rest of his life.\u003cbr\u003eWhen Martens' desire for chess returned, it was as an analyst. He\u003cbr\u003efounded the Ultra Hypermodern Counter Attack School and has\u003cbr\u003eproduced more openings than perhaps any other player in history.\u003cbr\u003eRolf Martens - Chess genius, Maoist and rebel is his life story, but also\u003cbr\u003ea book for anyone who wants to use his openings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Smith, Danelius, Calle Erlandsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9464201754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789464201758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thinkers Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.69w x 1.10d","brand":"Alex Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372568432895,"sku":"9789464201758","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2bf1a42-7575-488b-a23f-69ee15cf3cd1.jpg?v=1732726328","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rolf-martens-chess-genius-alex-smith-9789464201758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}