NEW-How Life Imitates Chess

by Garry Kasparov

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Genres: Chess

1000 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

About the author

Russian (formerly Soviet) chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist, whom many consider the greatest chess player of all time.

Reviews

[Uma]

Although this is an informative read about chess, the title is misleading. This book is also shelved under "self-help" but doesn't go anywhere near how to improve your life with the philosophy of the game.

Most of the book was focused on Garry Kasparov's life as a chess player and it should be rebranded as a memoir in my personal opinion. Towards the end of the book, there are a few life lessons thrown in around the game of chess.

Overall it was dense. If you want to understand the mind of somebody who was once a grandmaster it's a great read. I wouldn't say I learned much from it but the common themes that we hear from chess players were all there. It's clear Kasparov is a smart guy, when he eludes to the chess playing computer and some of the innovations around technology, he makes good criticism around these systems. It was good but quite average for what it's marketed to be.

[Michael Carne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed this book. Picked up some useful ideas for life and chess.