Set some four years after the fall of the Berlin Wall in the rubble of post-communist Bulgaria, Chess Gypsie chronicles the adventures of Boris, an orphaned Gypsie boy, in a country coming to grips with the harsh realities of a period of transition to the exalted democratic system. Told through honest and direct dialogue, Chess Gypsie will not only make you laugh and cry, it will open your eyes to some of the brutal ‘goings-on’ in what was an essentially lawless land for over a decade – certainly until the ascension of Bulgaria into the European Union. From humble beginnings as a Gypsie whore’s son sold to a profiteering Gypsie steel-smith, Boris goes on to win an International Chess Tournament and is accepted into the finest military institution in the country. He has to use all the tricks of the trade and tools at his disposal to ensure not only his survival, but his ultimate success.