Improve Your Life By Playing A Game

¿Chess is life in miniature.¿
(Gary Kasparov, former World Chess Champion)

There are numerous similarities between playing a game of chess and living in the game of life. This book describes how psychological aspects that occur during chess playing or any other activity can be used to improve everyday life. Garry Kasparov writes, that self-awareness is essential in order to
combine your knowledge, experience and talent and thus enable you to reach your peak performance (Kasparov, How Life Imitates Chess, 2007). He says that very few people ever take the opportunity to do this kind of analysis. As an active chess player, woman grand master, doctor of psychology and university professor, I frequently monitor my thoughts, feelings and behavior. In doing so I see that I combine experiences and insights I have gained in playing chess with my current academic work. Many times in my life I have realized that my behavior can be traced back to earlier experiences in chess. I have decided to write this book acknowledging and describing all the benefits that chess has brought to my life. Chess has made me who I am! Dr. WGM Jana Krivec