J'ai trouvé.
Sur Google.ca j’ai tapé les deux mots
chess novel
ce qui conduit à :
http://www.google.ca/search?q=chess+novel&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
... qui donne 66 500 références d’URL.
http://members.tripod.com/Jakob_Jackal/CHESSBK.HTM
The Queen’s Gambit
Another chess novel is The Queen's Gambit, by Walter Tevis. According to an unsigned reader review of the novel on the Amazon Books web site "This is a superb chess thriller, which may sound surprising. Tevis' descriptions of the rise to chess stardom of his heroine involve the reader in masterful chess battles which become totally engrossing -- even for the non-chess player. The characterizations are interesting, involving an orphan girl with a prodigy's gift for chess, but her coming of age as an adolescent away from the chess board is of less interest than her time spent moving the pieces. Tevis' genius in this book is to help the reader climb inside the head of a chess genius and see from her perspective the world of her sport. Highly recommended."
I'm not sure that I would call it a thriller, or even an exceptionally good book. The games don't seem all that realistic, neither, for that matter, does a female chess prodigy, especially from Kentucky. I can't imagine anybody not seriously interested in chess enjoying Bath's struggle. At best, chess is a difficult game to fictionalize to appeal to the mass market or the chess player. The mass market has all but written off chess and won't pick up a novel boosting the game as a central part of the plot. The chess player, on the other hand, will spend too much time criticizing the handling of the game to enjoy the literary work.
Puis, toujours sur Google, j’ai ajouté le mot medieval aux deux de tantôt.
Dans la liste d’environ 1800 références URL, j’ai reconnu, en page 1, ce que je cherchais :
http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/rr-indexes/my-19.html
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Harcourt and Brace 1990.Originally written in Spanish and a best seller in both France and Spain. A sophisticated well written murder mystery-novel centered around a Medieval painting. A young art restorer uncovers a secret message beneath the surface of the painting: "who killed the knight?" The subjects in the painting are playing chess, and a chess master is called in to analyze the chess position of the painting in order to discover the knight's murderer. The art restorer and her friends are threatened by a secret assassin who communicates by chess moves. The novel's characters travel within Madrid's artistic subculture. An urbane European style and a worthwhile read. More at Bruce's Book Lists Review This Book
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J’ai lu ce livre en français. TRÈS intéressant. Pour ne pas me perdre, je prenais des notes (qui avait dit ou fait quoi). J’ai retrouvé le titre :
Le tableau du maître flamand
Pour en savoir un tipeu plus :
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/2253076252/qid=1038194810/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_3_1/402-4680705-6558548
... dont voici un tibout :
Amazon.fr
Julia, restauratrice d'oeuvres d'art à Madrid, travaille sur un tableau du XVe siècle représentant deux chevaliers jouant aux échecs. Une expertise révèle, sous la peinture, une phrase en latin pouvant se traduire par "qui a pris le cavalier" ou "qui a tué le chevalier". Avec l'aide d'un antiquaire, d'un joueur d'échecs et d'un historien, son ancien ami, Julia tente de déchiffrer l'énigme du tableau. Pure devinette de spécialistes ? Non, car un mystérieux inconnu reprend la partie d'échecs du tableau de façon bien macabre : les proches de Julia, transformés en pièces du jeu, sont assassinés les uns après les autres...
NOTE D'ÉVARISTE :
Du point de vue échiquéen, tout se tient... au contraire du Queen's Gambit.
Bonne lecture.
Évariste
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