Artists & Authors Philip Kadish and the world's best chess-playing

and the world's best chess-playing program can't play Tetris

called La Belle Florence--named after the king's mistress for whom it was built

The future is bleak

even as his life is going through constant change: a house burns down

Owen Chair

Artists & Authors Philip Kadish and the world's best chess-playingBy: Charles Scribner III Published by Lyons Press, 2026 02 03 Join a literary insider for a behind the scenes tour of art heists, opera icons, and the golden age of publishing. From the author of Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing comes this new collection of personal essays reflecting on the past fifty years of his pursuits and passions in literature, art, and music. Beginning with a memoir of his fathers tutelage through letters to a young