How Life Imitates Chess
by G. K. Kasparov · first published 2007
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…positive feedback in other critical things like life standard. When you are young it is enough to receive positive and easy feedback in your family or school. I recommend to read the Kasparov's book: how life imitates chess (not the best title) where he mention different chess player personalities and ages. But we can't forget that there are huge brain changes when you are young.
on “Is Math a Young Man's Game? (2003)” ↗1) "how life imitates chess" Garry Kasparov 2) "how life imitates chess" Garry Kasparov 3) "how life imitates chess" Garry Kasparov Highly recommended, very good read and smart book. I would call it the modern version of The…
on “Ask HN: What three books impacted your career the most?” ↗If you liked this article, you might like "How Life Imitates Chess" by Kasparov himself: http://www.amazon.com/How-Life-Imitates-Chess-ebook/dp/B0049... The name of the book is not the more imaginative title but the content of the book is very interesting. He separates…
on “The Complexity of Greatness: Beyond Talent or Practice” ↗…research about it, which I read before http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00.... As you can see there's no simple yes or no. But another very good example is a book of Garry Kasparov "How life imitates chess", where he explains how it can be transparently connected with each other. In my opinion chess can be used as a model of real life and if someone wants to learn something useful from it, he can get it.
on “Mark Twain's Memory Builder Game (1891)” ↗How Life Imitates Chess Book by Garry Kasparov This book explained me concepts of - material - time - and quality in chess and business life.
on “Ask HN: What book changed your life?” ↗Kasparov had a nice line about this in "How life imitates chess". I'm paraphrasing but it was something along the lines of "there are lots of things that cannot be tought to you which you can nontheless teach yourself". I think that thinking processes is very much…
on “Is there a general factor of intelligence?” ↗I start with five: 1. "Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company" by Andrew Grove. It is a real CEO experiencing critical moments in a top company. 2. "How Life Imitates Chess" by Garry Kasparov (don't pay attention to the title...). Kasparov talks about different players with different styles and in different moments. 3. "New Directions in the Philosophy of Mathematics" edited…
on “Ask HN: What books helped you in your entrepreneurship journey?” ↗very interesting -- i love reading about decision-making science and how games also parrallel the process. it's why gary kasparov published a book called "how life imitates chess: making the right moves, from the board to the boardroom." and probably why buffett and bill gates are both obsessed with contract bridge. reading this article is also very interesting in light of the…
on “Gamers Better at (Good) Fast Decision Making” ↗I think there're no "yes" or "no". It depends on many factors. You're talking about "Moonwalking with Einstein", but from other point of view there's a book "How life imitates chess" by Garry Kasparov, which I recommended a couple of comments below. For me, this source is reliable. "Show a chess player a board full of randomly placed pieces and they'll have great trouble remembering…
on “Mark Twain's Memory Builder Game (1891)” ↗…something, new readers will more likely accept the fact that this book is worth buying, but if a few say the opposite, the reader has to evaluate before buying. I once bought the book 'garry kasparov - how life imitates chess' because of HN reviews, It was probably the worst book I've ever read, full of obvious things.
on “Ask HN: Which books do you wish you'd read earlier in life?” ↗I read somewhere in Kasparov's book "How life imitates chess", something along the lines of "there are many things which you cannot be taught but that you can teach yourself". I think this is particularly relevant to people that struggle at school. I'd draw one…
on “Ask HN: Insights to share about math tutoring, as a student or a teacher?” ↗…is always in my "pocket". It is real experience with pain points from a top CEO, not an academic exercise. - Other books that are not focused on business but are more "epistemological". For example, "How Life Imitates Chess" by Garry Kasparov [5]. I don't know who created this title for the book though. Many autobiographies, in general, or good business biographies such as "Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft…
on “DIY MBA: My Reading List (2019)” ↗…though to be fair, this is acknowledged at the end of the article. Honestly, the whole conversation == chess argument feels a bit contrived, for lack of a better word. It reminds me of Kasparov's book How Life Imitates Chess, which tried to compare business, politics, and other real-world scenarios to chess. It felt the same way to me - like a rather tortured analogy. I will say one thing for this article - it is well put…
on “Chess – An Analogy for Conversation” ↗