《象棋的故事》是奥地利作家斯蒂芬•茨威格生前一本最受关注的中篇小说。故事描述了第二次世界大战期间，在一艘自美国开往阿根廷的轮船上，一个神秘的陌生人因偶然机会与国际象棋世界冠军琴多维奇对弈，居然轻易地赢了他。可就在续弈之时，陌生人遇到了意外情况……这是他下的最后一盘棋。他从哪里来?有过怎样的遭遇?他的故事，让人惊奇，又让人心酸。 大卫·萨拉被高度评价为著名抽象和装饰画家克里姆特的当代演绎者。这部充满怀旧 1940 年代的色彩，集装饰设计，抽象和现代艺术，文字不多，揉合现代连环图的多媒表达手法，令每个版面以图载千言万语，弥漫下棋的宁静气氛与精神错乱；时序的交错，棋局中有棋，富微妙的象征技巧。

Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting. Based on the book by Walter Tevis.