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Dima Novak is the pen name of a chess-mad patzer living in Jackson Heights, Queens.

The photo, sadly, is not me. It is the incomparable Mikhail Botvinnik, who is much discussed in "Pushing Pawns."
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Pushing Pawns Appears in Serbian

A Serbian translation of Pushing Pawns — POBUNA PIONA — is now available in paperback, complete with charming new cover art. The handsome edition is the work of an exciting new publishing house, Balans Knjige.



We're looking forward to a new crop of young fans in Serbia, where chess is taken seriously in the tradition of the immortal Svetozar Gligorić. Order your copy from the Balans website

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“Winning came so easy to all these bastards. The private school chess dilettantes, the imperial occupiers of my neighborhood, the smug CEO types who sometimes showed up at assemblies to lecture us about success.

No, I thought: This will not stand. Maybe I was channeling Lebowski, but the feeling was real, and very deep. I could do something to recapture my dignity. Maybe, just once, I could give those preening power jocks a taste of defeat. If not on the street, then over the board.”
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“Winning came so easy to all these bastards. The private school chess dilettantes, the imperial occupiers of my neighborhood, the smug CEO types who sometimes showed up at assemblies to lecture us about success.

No, I thought: This will not stand. Maybe I was channeling Lebowski, but the feeling was real, and very deep. I could do something to recapture my dignity. Maybe, just once, I could give those preening power jocks a taste of defeat. If not on the street, then over the board.”
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