How life imitates chess

The greatest chess player in history teaches us to see life as a game of strategy.

Life is like a game of chess, and in this book, Garry Kasparov, a master of the board, explains how solutions to everyday problems require the same arts and techniques (knowledge, preparation, strategy, calculation of variations, etc.) as the game of 64 squares.

In chess, as in reality, it is necessary to analyze, discard, organize thought, understand the actions that may occur, have prepared solutions, know how to conclude and study all possible variations, be able to make a virtue of necessity and understand the opponent's faculties to turn them to one's own advantage.

To do this, it is essential to have iron self-discipline, intuition, and logic that facilitate our approach to common problems. Just as in daily life, knowledge of the situation helps us to live and face challenges with hope of success.

Written with common sense and the deep strategic intelligence developed in his long and brilliant career, this book shows how to advance step by step toward the final goal; also how to turn a defeat into a future victory, how to turn around a difficult situation, and how to prepare for great challenges, always starting from real situations from Kasparov's extensive experience and extracting the most relevant lessons.