With no capacity for any other intellectual activity, Mirko Czentovicz revealed himself as a world champion chess genius. But, on a boat trip from New York to Buenos Aires, he is presented with an enigmatic opponent: Mr. B., a Viennese nobleman fleeing from the Nazis. One of the steam passengers approaches the two characters, accompanying the reader to the confrontation between the two players. Chess Story presents us with the clash of two antagonistic natures, it also shows us the resistance capacity of the human being subjected to extraordinary pressure. And all this with a large dose of intrigue and mastery.