Isabelle Sztrauch Choko, French Champion 1956
€29.90 By Georges Bertola It was Philippe Pierlot (Vive les échecs! Ed. Olibris) who first drew my attention to this extraordinary woman. During the last Paris Grand Chess Tour, a Parisian player, Emmanuel Delhoume, proposed a meeting with Isabelle Choko. I went to Boulogne with GM Bachar Kouatly. It was a poignant and moving meeting with a lady, cultured, dynamic, mischievous and, despite a very painful past, she remains confident in the future. It was a salutary lesson in life such as one receives only too rarely. Emmanuel Delhoum, Bachar Kouatly, Isabelle Choko et Ge...
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