The Bishop's Gambit is a novel written by Thomas Cobb and published in 1901. The book tells the story of a young man named Robert Fairfax, who is a talented chess player and also happens to be the nephew of a wealthy bishop. Fairfax is invited to the bishop's estate for a weekend of chess and relaxation, but soon finds himself embroiled in a complex web of intrigue and deception.As Fairfax begins to investigate the strange behavior of some of the...