“It's not enough to be talented. It's not enough to work hard and to study late into the night. You must also become intimately aware of the methods you use to reach your decisions.”

—  Garry Kasparov

Part I, Chapter 1, The Lesson, p. 14
2000s, How Life Imitates Chess (2007)

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