Publisher's Synopsis
'In this book, chess is a teacher, and I aim to show it is a great one. Garry Kasparov World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov shares the powerful secrets of strategy he has learned from dominating the worlds most intellectually challenging game for two decades lessons about mastering the strategic and emotional skills to navigate lifes toughest challenges and maximise success no matter how tough the competition. Drawing on a wealth of revealing and instructive stories, not only from his finest games, but also from a wide-ranging and perceptive knowledge of current affairs, 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 Kasparovs own nemesis, Vladimir Kramnik. With a raconteurs engaging charm, a great chess strategist 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, Garry 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.
