Sultan Khan
The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire
Hardly anyone paid attention when Sultan Khan arrived in London on April 26, 1929. A humble servant from a village in the Punjab, Khan had little formal education and barely spoke English. He had learned the rules of Western chess only three years earlier, yet within a few months he created a sensation by becoming the British Empire champion. Sultan Khan was taken to England by Sir Umar Hayat Khan, an Indian nobleman and politician who used his servant's successes to promote his own interests in the turbulent years before India gained independence. Sultan Khan remained in Europe for the best part of five years, competing with the leading ches…
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- ISBN: 978-90-5691-876-7
- EAN: 9789056918767
- Produktnummer: 33822080
- Verlag: New in Chess
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 372 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 15'365 KB
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