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A Wonderful Set of Easy to Understand Philosophies for Life derived of the Centuries old Game of Chess. Tips on how to Juggle between your Passion, Desires, Courage, Spirit, and Wisdom.The final aim of all of us playing on this board of life is to somehow break out of this board and be free. Freedom of course shall not come in that way, but if we are able to understand the board, and master the play, we shall be able to forget the board. So my Action Play is to let you Rip the Board from under you. So that you can forget the Squares and focus on the Unchess of it. I want you to understand chess in such a simple way that your Life can be UnChessed.
The book was published in Italy by the "Città del Sole" Publishing House of Reggio Calabria in July of this year, in print only and is achieving great success both with bookstore sales and online sales on Amazon. It is part of the series "La vita narrata" and talks about the story of my Grandfather Daniele, who emigrated to New Jersey in 1910 and returned to his native Calabria in 1953 after 43 years of America, finds himself living the last years in an alienating way of life, no longer feeling completely Calabrese and not even Italian and least of all American . There are four reading levels: 1)alongside his personal one there is the story of the numerous grandchildren who surround him and love him but at the same time fear him because of his grumpy and irascible character. 2)In the background, the village of Satriano is represented, located in the Serre Aspromontane, in poverty because it has been bled by emigration, as a result of which it is mostly populated by wives left alone with their children, often small. The emigration is also narrated through the photographic documentation of the papers belonging to Grandfather and through that of the "ships" he took to go to America. 3)The last level of reading is that of Satriano's historical cultural roots in which the narrating voice, which is mine as a Latin and Greek scholar, reconnects the threads that lead back to the great Classical Greek culture of origin. A book, therefore historical-biographical but also of formation of the gang of cousins who grow up without too many controls trying to understand and interpret the life that surrounds them and who find in it the roots of their future (Rosanna, for example, will choose as an adult emigrate like her as my grandfather to America, while I, Luisa, will never want to break away from Italy but, due to family events, I will at the same time become a "citizen of the world"). The writing of the book was requested by my niece Daniela who lives in California and who wanted me to tell her the story of her father Daniele as a child, my brother. It is dedicated, in order: 1) to migrants of yesterday and today 2) to Daniele, who died in California last February of a fulminant heart attack and to whom I also dedicated the back cover with the poem that inspired me about his story and that of the other deceased relatives of our family.
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.
Ir�ne N�mirovskyLe Pion sur l'�chiquierSet in France during the economic crisis of the nineteen-thirties, Le Pion sur l'�chiquier is an unflinching portrait of a man for whom life has lost all meaning. Son of a dying steel magnate whose investments crashed, Christophe Bohun works in an International News Agency and lives together with his dying father, wife, mistress and son, in dilapidated grandeur. At a time of external hardship, he appears to have everything and value nothing. Where his father was driven by a ruthless passion for high finance and his teenage son is eaten up with suppressed anger, N�mirovsky presents us with an anti-hero whose bleak interior life is an object lesson in alienation and emotional numbness.
“A bravura performance…An entertaining book” (Kirkus Reviews) about the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the world’s geopolitical unrest and rekindled a global fascination with the sport. The first week of November 2016, hundreds of people descended on New York City’s South Street Seaport to watch the World Chess Championship between Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Sergey Karjakin. By the time it was over would be front-page news and thought by many the greatest finish in chess history. With both Carlsen and Karjakin just twenty-five years old, it was the first time the championship had been waged among those who grew up playing chess against computers. Originally from Crimea, Karjakin had recently repatriated to Russia under the direct assistance of Putin. Carlsen, meanwhile, had expressed admiration for Donald Trump, and the first move of the tournament he played was called a Trompowsky Attack. Then there was the Russian leader of the World Chess Federation being barred from attending due to US sanctions, and chess fanatic and Trump adviser Peter Thiel being called on to make the honorary first move in sudden death. That the tournament even required sudden death was a shock. Oddsmakers had given Carlsen, the defending champion, an eighty percent chance of winning. It would take everything he had to retain his title. Author Brin-Jonathan Butler was granted unique access to the two-and-half-week tournament and watched every move. The Grandmaster “is not the usual chronicle of a world-championship chess match….Butler offers insight into what it takes to become the best chess player on the planet...A vibrant and provocative look at chess and its metaphorical battle for territory and power” (Booklist).
Packed with insights, this book is about the spirituality of old age. As a doctor, the author wrote about the physical problems of pain-creaking joints, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. She also writes about depressive illnesses and the desire to obfuscate the problems of declining physical strength with pills, booze and other quick fixes.
The Chessboard and the Web by Anne-Marie Slaughter Pdf
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: The World of the Web -- ONE. Of Great Powers and Globalization -- TWO. Networks Everywhere -- THREE. Seeing in Stereo -- II: Strategies of Connection -- FOUR. Resilience Networks -- FIVE. Task Networks -- SIX. Scale Networks -- III: Power, Leadership, and Grand Strategy -- SEVEN. Network Power -- EIGHT. A Different Way to Lead -- NINE. A Grand Strategy -- CONCLUSION: The Rise of Webcraft -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal Pdf
Mikhail Tal, the 'magician from Riga,' was the greatest attacking World Champion of them all, and this enchanting autobiography chronicles his extraordinary career with charm and humor. Dazzling games are interspersed throughout with anecdotes and witty self-interviews, and in typically objective fashion he related both the downs and ups of his encounters. An inveterate smoker and drinker, Tal's life on the circuit was punctuated by bouts in the hospital with kidney problems, but nothing could dull his love for chess and his sheer genius on the chessboard. His illustrious tournament record, up to his death in 1992, is included here in full, along with 100 complete games and nearly as many positions. Tal's annotations in this book are a world apart from ordinary games collections. No reader could fail to be swept along by his passion and vitality as he sets the scene for an encounter and then recounts every psychological twist and turn.
Chess was invented more than 1,500 years ago, and is played in every country in the world. Stephen Moss sets out to master its mysteries, and unlock the secret of its enduring appeal. What, he asks, is the essence of chess? And what will it reveal about his own character along the way? In a witty, accessible style that will delight newcomers and irritate purists, Moss imagines the world as a board and marches across it, offering a mordant report on the world of chess in 64 chapters – 64 of course being the number of squares on the chessboard. He alternates between “black” chapters – where he plays, largely uncomprehendingly, in tournaments – and “white” chapters, where he seeks advice from the current crop of grandmasters and delves into the lives of great players of the past. It is both a history of the game and a kind of “Zen and the Art of Chess”; a practical guide and a self-help book: Moss's quest to understand chess and become a better player is really an attempt to escape a lifetime of dilettantism. He wants to become an expert at one thing. What will be the consequences when he realises he is doomed to fail? Moss travels to Russia and the US – hotbeds of chess throughout the 20th century; meets people who knew Bobby Fischer when he was growing up and tries to unravel the enigma of that tortured genius who died in 2008 at the inevitable age of 64; meets Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen, world champions past and present; and keeps bumping into Armenian superstar Levon Aronian in the gents at tournaments. He becomes champion of Surrey, wins tournaments in Chester and Bury St Edmunds, and holds his own at the famous event in the Dutch seaside resort of Wijk aan Zee (until a last-round meltdown), but too often he is beaten by precocious 10-year-olds and finds it hard to resist the urge to punch them. He looks for spiritual fulfilment in the game, but mostly finds mental torture.
The Chess Master started as a challenge to the authors son to write a book about his passion - the game of chess. The challenge then became her challenge - to deliver a message about our need to surrender to what God knows is best for us. This book gives a unique comparison of the game of chess to real life. Each piece on the chessboard mirrors our lives as relates to our Mothers, Fathers, our homes, the church, ourselves as workers and our Protector. By sharing personal stories the author takes us on a journey across the board of life. This authors personal mission is to touch and change the lives of readers by helping them to see ways in which to improve their lives through prayer, commitment to God, and surrender to His will.
THE IMPERSONAL LIFE (Unabridged) by Joseph Benner Pdf
This carefully crafted ebook: "THE IMPERSONAL LIFE (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Joseph Benner (1872–1938) was an American author, Spiritual writer, and Representative of the Brotherhood of Christ who used the pen name "Anonymous." He was the first to introduce the Knowledge and Teachings of the Impersonal Life (also known as the "I AM" Teaching) to the world in his first book, "The Impersonal Life". Benner taught that Christ's proclaiming "I AM" indicated "the true spirit that resides in every human being." In the 1960s Elvis Presley was introduced to Benner's work by his guru, Larry Geller. In the last 13 years of his life, Presley gave away hundreds of copies of the book, The Impersonal Life. A copy was allegedly with him on the night he died.
'SHOW IT BEAUTY' is an art book with an intriguing twist. Beyond the vibrant digital collage artworks that fill its pages, the book invites readers into a unique collaboration with artificial intelligence. Through probing questions and insightful dialogues, the author engages the AI in a conversation that explores the subjective nature of beauty, perception, and understanding. The AI serves as both a guide and a student, learning from the author's artistic expressions and offering its unique perspective. It's a shared exploration that challenges traditional boundaries and invites readers to ponder the capabilities of artificial intelligence in grasping human emotions and aesthetics. The author's dual role as artist and writer adds depth to this engaging journey, where technology meets creativity, and questions become gateways to reflection. 'SHOW IT BEAUTY' is about finding connections, questioning perceptions, and celebrating art in all its forms. Join the author in a book that inspires, entertains, and offers a fresh and exciting way to engage with art and technology. 'SHOW IT BEAUTY' reflects a passion for exploring the boundaries of art and artificial intelligence, making it a must-read for those curious about the intersection of creativity and technology.
Supplier Relationship Management by Stephen Easton,Michael D. Hales,Christian Schuh,Michael F. Strohmer,Alenka Triplat,AT Kearney Pdf
There’s a new buzz phrase in the air: Supplier Relationship Management (SRM). Corporate executives know it’s necessary, but there’s only one problem. Nobody yet knows how to do it. Or they think it’s all about bashing your vendors over the head until they reduce the price another 4%. Supplier Relationship Management: How to Maximize Vendor Value and Opportunity changes all that. Containing the best and most innovative advice from the operations and procurement experts at consultant AT Kearney, this book shows that SRM is at root a strategic discussion requiring cross-functional interaction and internal alignment at the highest levels. It requires an honest appraisal of the value that suppliers now bring to your firm, as well as their potential value. It then requires a frank and constructive business-to-business dialogue about how to improve the relationship. When this happens, a company reaps myriad benefits, ranging from new opportunity to added value to competitive advantage—and, quite likely, to overall (and sometimes substantial) cost reductions. This book shows the most concrete methods you can use today to: Identify value-adding opportunities in the supply chain Work closely with suppliers to maximize the benefits Work the "Critical Cluster" of suppliers, where the greatest opportunity for advantage lies Review suppliers to encourage constant gains in quality and cost Turn your SRM strategy into a major competitive advantage Supplier Relationship Management introduces and explains the Supplier Interaction Model, a key tool that will help you get the most from your supplier relationships. It segments the supplier universe into nine categories, from those you want to run away from fast to those so good and so useful to your organization that it can make sense to invest in them directly. Numerous case studies show how to apply the principles to your situation. Supplier Relationship Management burns off the fog that has surrounded the procurement process for far too long. It is the definitive guide for business executives who want to get the maximum benefits from suppliers and gain very real advantages over competitors.
