About the Book: The Last Gambit
'Success by design is infinitely better than a win by chance.
Vasu Bhatt is fourteen years old when a mysterious old man spots him at a chess
tournament and offers to coach him ? on two simple but strange conditions: he
would not accompany his student to tournaments, and there would be no digging
into his past. Initially resentful, Vasu begins to gradually understand his
masters mettle.
Over eight years, master and student come to love and respect each other, but
the two conditions remain unbroken until Vasu confronts and provokes the old
man. Meanwhile, their hard work and strategy