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Title: The Gamemaster by John Bochak, Grayce Bochak ISBN: 0-02-710961-5 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Juv) Pub. Date: September, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: the game comes to life!!
Comment: A young boy opens the box to his chessmen to the sound of a whooshing wind. He is transported to a vast chessboard that stretches as far as the eye can see. A king and queen sit on high thrones and give him a quest: navigate the board and seek out the Gamemaster before the last star fades from the sky!

Setting off on his quest, the boy must make his way past fierce pawns, slick rooks, noble knights and eccentric bishops. At each step of the game he must decypher strange riddles that the chess pieces give him to go forward on his quest. Meanwhile, time is slipping away, the stars are fading from the sky! Will he find the Gamemaster, or will he be trapped in this world forever?

Mr. And Mrs. Bochak, the husband and wife team who created “Gamemaster”, have made a visually stunning work. Endnotes tell us that the couple created a life-sized chessboard in their yard with live models to style the cut-paper illustrations and make them more life-like. The end result is an amazingly beautiful, detailed world of chess characters, including royalty in flowing robes and knights on strong, galloping horses. The story is a bit weaker than the illustrations, but is certainly entertaining and will maintain the interest of young readers.

Many children love to play games, including chess. There are hundreds of books of strategy on how to PLAY chess, many of which are about as interesting as watching paint dry. “The Gamemaster” represents perhaps the only book for children outside of “Through the Looking Glass” that is more about the game itself than how to play to win. Children who may only know the names of the pieces but little else about the game will find this a fun story, and the adults reading the book to them will find the illustrations beautiful enough to be framed and hung. Like many fine children’s books, this one is out of print (figures…). However, if you or your children enjoy a friendly game across the tiles, it’s definitely worth tracking down.