NMLP P-045438 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Royal Game (Chess Story)

Stefan Zweig · Pigmalión, Buenos Aires · 1942

Original-language true first = Pigmalión, Buenos Aires, December 1942 (limited/numbered). English precedence is clear: Viking (New York), April 1944 precedes the first UK edition, Cassell (London), February 1945 — US precedes UK. Dual-title trap: first Englished as 'The Royal Game'; most later translations (e.g. Anthea Bell/NYRB) are titled 'Chess Story' — same work.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045438 for "The Royal Game (Chess Story)" by Stefan Zweig (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045438, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).