{"product_id":"how-life-imitates-chess-1","title":"How Life Imitates Chess (RARE BOOKS)","description":"\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this book, chess is a teacher, and I aim to show it is a great one.' Garry Kasparov\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere Grandmaster and World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov shares the powerful secrets of strategy he has learned from dominating the world's most intellectually challenging game - lessons about mastering the strategic and emotional skills to navigate life's toughest challenges and maximise success no matter how tough the competition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Unfortunately, the number of ways to do something wrong always exceeds the number of ways to do it right.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wealth of revealing and instructive stories, not only from the most intense and decisive moments of his greatest games, but also from his wide-ranging and perceptive reading, Kasparov reveals the strategic ways of thinking that always give a player - in life as in chess - the edge. We learn about the great figures of the game, and how their contests have shaped chess history; from Capablanca and Alekhine to Bobby Fischer and Kasparov's nemesis, Vladimir Kramnik.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'It's much better to be a little over-confident than the opposite. As Churchill wrote, \"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.\" If we trust in our abilities they will repay us.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a raconteur's engaging charm, Garry Kasparov takes us inside a brilliant strategic mind. As Sun-Tzu distilled the secrets of the art of war and Machiavelli unveiled the lessons to be learned from courtly intrigue, Kasparov - a player whose record is likely never to be rivalled - reveals how and why the game of chess is a fitting and powerful teacher of how to be prepared for, and how to win in, even the most competitive situations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'I used to attack because it was the only thing I kNew. Not I attack because I know it works best.'\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44270724219137,"sku":"2U8OU83CX-Used","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/files\/HowLifeImitatesChess_eb5c4b2b-1213-40e8-8949-d64e3da78917.jpg?v=1684910437","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/how-life-imitates-chess-1","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}