Master of Merrills - Conversations with Markus Schaub
Markus Schaub needs very little introduction in the world of Mills or Nine Men's Morris. The most successful player of all time, record holder for winning 13 tournaments in a row, the player to boast an unbeaten streak lasting over 14 months and the first person ever to celebrate a hundred first places. Grandmaster since 1992 and the first non Englishman to win the World title in 1995, put him at the very top of the Mill tree. Master of Merrills - is a book that has been 2 years in the making. Here on this blog I will be serialising once a month the conversations we have had about his life and the game. This introduction will be purposefully short on biographical matters as over the next few chapters you will get an in-depth insight into the man who spent years of his life perfecting his game. We will discuss, preparation, strategy, health, mental attitude and a host of other wonderful stories that will bring to life the long career in Mills that he had. Later on in the book...