Stefan Zweig 
Schachnovelle 

Zweig”s collection of short novels includes Invisible Collections, 24 Hours In The Life of A Woman, Schachnovelle and other representative works.Among them, Schachnovelle is the last novella published by Zweig during his lifetime.In 1939, Zweig fled to Brazil with his family. The background of Schachnovelle is set on a ship sailing to Buenos Aires.A mysterious stranger played chess with Jean Dovichi, the world chess champion, and easily won him by chance.However, when continuing to playing chess, strangers encountered unexpected situations… This was his last game of chess.Where did he come from? What kind of experience has he had? His story is amazing and sad.