加裏·卡斯帕羅夫，著名國際象棋大師、棋壇的傳奇人物。他在21歲時就成為瞭曆史上最年輕的國際象棋世界冠軍，此後多次衛冕成功。他排名世界第一的時間長達二十多年，是國際象棋界當之無愧的第一人。1996年，他與IBM研製的電腦“深藍”展開瞭一場令世界矚目的人機大戰。2005年，他宣布退役，後投身政壇。在2007年，他被《時代》雜誌評為當今世界100位最具影響力的人物之一。他現在居住在莫斯科。

One of the most highly regarded strategists of our time teaches us how the tools that made him a world chess champion can make us more successful in business and in life.

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.