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* In ''[[Literature/The Queens Gambit|The Queens Gambit]]'', the main character is driven so mad by chess that she becomes a pill addict.
* ''[[Literature/Zugzwang|Zugzwang]]'', by Ronan Bennett, features a chess master named Rozental who begins the story on the verge of a complete mental breakdown.
* "Quarantine", a drabble by [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]]. Aliens reach earth, and their computers determine that chess will so utterly derange them that the only solution is to blow up the planet.
* ''[[Literature/Unsound Variations|Unsound Variations]]'', by [[George RR Martin]]. A guy botches a chess tournament and is scorned by his team. So he invents a time machine to go back in time and ruin their lives.
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** Alexander Alekhine, the 4th world champion. A brilliant player who took down Capablanca and who won his championship back from Euwe, himself a genius in his own right.
** Bobby Fischer, the 11th world champion. The man who took down the Soviet chess machine. Also a raving anti-semite ([[Boomerang Bigot|despite being Jewish]]), [[Conspiracy Theorist]] who thought that the Soviets (and later, the Jews) were trying to assassinate him or at least screw up his games, and all-around nutjob.
** Akiba Rubinstein. Another famous player who was among the first of the endgame experts. His schizophrenia became so bad that, at one point, he would leave the chess table and literally go curl up in a corner and try to hide while his opponent was considering his next move. According to ([[Based
** Carlos Torre-Repetto, a somewhat obscure player who was still able to beat Emmanual Lasker (2nd world champion). One day, while on a bus, he decided to strip completely naked for no apparent reason. On another occasion, he stripped and ran down a busy public street. He was eventually institutionalized.
** Aron Nimzowitch, another famous chess player who revolutionized the game. Would occasionally stand on his head during matches, claiming it helped him think. Unlike Fischer, his paranoia didn't extend to thinking that people were trying to kill him or ruin his games; he did, however, believe that restaurant chefs were conspiring to give him less food than everyone else.
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