Defense: Previously Published as the Luzhin Defense KY the former Seoul correspondent for

the former Seoul correspondent for the AFP

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Defense: Previously Published as the Luzhin Defense KY the former Seoul correspondent forA chilling story of obsession and madness. Luzhin, a distracted, withdrawn boy, takes up chess as a refuge from everyday life. As he rises to grandmaster, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of reality as he moves inexorably towards madness.