"One of the most formidable brains of our era....fast-talking, exuberant, indigant one moment and laughing sardonically the next - Kasparov clearly relishes the fight.""--Washington Post"Garry Kasparov was the highest-rated chess player in the world for over twenty years and is widely considered the greatest player that ever lived. In "How Life Imitates Chess" Kasparov distills the lessons he learned over a lifetime as a Grandmaster to offer a primer on successful decision-making: how to evaluate opportunities, anticipate the future, devise winning strategies. He relates in a lively, original way all the fundamentals, from the nuts and bolts of strategy, evaluation, and preparation to the subtler, more human arts of developing a personal style and using memory, intuition, imagination and even fantasy. Kasparov takes us through the great matches of his career, including legendary duels against both man (Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov) and machine (IBM chess supercomputer Deep Blue), enhancing the lessons of his many experiences with examples from politics, literature, sports and military history. With candor, wisdom, and humor, Kasparov recounts his victories and his blunders, both from his years as a world-class competitor as well as his new life as a political leader in Russia. An inspiring book that combines unique strategic insight with personal memoir, "How Life Imitates Chess" is a glimpse inside the mind of one of today's greatest and most innovative thinkers.

国际象棋被誉为“世界上最富智慧的体育运动”，而卡斯帕罗夫在这个领域里称霸了二十余年，在无数次对弈过程中，他洞悉了国际象棋中蕴藏的奥秘，并将其发散开来，与政治、经济、历史、文化、艺术等诸多方面相结合，从棋盘上参悟出了人生的哲学。 通过棋局内外一个个扣人心弦并富有启示的故事，卡斯帕罗夫将读者引入到一个战略性思维的世界中，告诉人们如何面对严峻的挑战并安然过关。他总结出一套闪烁着智慧光芒的思维方式，无论在下棋还是在生活中，这些思路都能让你豁然开朗。 卡斯帕罗夫的成功得益于他令人羡慕的天赋、得益于激励他长年艰苦奋斗的强烈的进取心、更得益于他对自身和对手的正确分析和清醒认识。而以上所有的这些，都来源于他对棋道和人生的感悟——这正是本书的精华所在。