Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
FICTION
The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard
The boarder had no permanent home, was driven like a leaf by an unknown Thing
October
1
1945
GERALD KERSH
The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard
GERALD KERSH
October
1
1945
View Article Pages
FICTION
The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard
The boarder had no permanent home, was driven like a leaf by an unknown Thing
October
1
1945
GERALD KERSH
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
FICTION
This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise
October
1945
By
J. D. SALINGER
BOOKS
The Boxers of M. Voltaire
October
1945
By
SINCLAIR LEWIS
FICTION
The Killing
October
1945
By
NORMAN KATKOV
article
Smart Dogs and Scientists
October
1945
By
RAY P. HOLLAND
Personalities
They're Just Wilder 'Bout Billy
October
1945
By
DEAN JENNINGS
OPINION
This Man's World
October
1945
By
PAUL GALLICO
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
FICTION
This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise
October
1945
By
J. D. SALINGER
BOOKS
The Boxers of M. Voltaire
October
1945
By
SINCLAIR LEWIS
FICTION
The Killing
October
1945
By
NORMAN KATKOV
GERALD KERSH
BRIEF
Sacred to the Memory
JANUARY, 1946
By
GERALD KERSH
FICTION
The Frenchman Who Understood Women
APRIL, 1946
By
GERALD KERSH
FICTION
Sharks
APRIL, 1947
By
GERALD KERSH
Fiction
FICTION
Ordeal at the Mopang Fair
AUGUST, 1940
By
EDMUND WARE
fiction
I Dub You Sir Knight
MARCH, 1949
By
JOHN GUNTHER
fiction
My Good Friend Pierre
JUNE, 1948
By
LEE ROGOW
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published