How long does it take to read Chess?
Laszlo Polgar
Chess by Laszlo Polgar takes about 20 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 20 hours 14 minutes
A long haul
First published 1995. 1,104 pages, about 303,600 words.
41 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 33 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 20 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 12 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Échecs (jeu), Recueils de parties, Fins de partie, Chess problems, Middle games, Collections of games
