Name: How Life Imitates Chess Review
Item: How Life Imitates Chess
Author: jsain

Here’s a famous position from Kasparov’s immortal game played against Topalov in 1999. It’s Kasparov’s turn on move 28. He is down a knight for two pawns. How would you evaluate the position?

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February 27, 2026

I was excited a bit to read this book and to excel at life as Kasparov did at chess. But. In first few pages, he writes that life doesn't really imitate chess. It felt like a clickbait headline for a book about… something. Some bits are interesting but soon book started to feel empty and uninteresting. 2/5, would not recommend

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