Wizards
The World Chess Championship has always been a great intellectual extravaganza. While the chess is often discussed, for the first time we explore the lives of the players involved in the World Championships through the prism of two authors who have distinct backgrounds. In this process, we try to decipher the lives of these wizards–their family support, their seconds, their upbringing, their spiritual coefficient, their intelligence, their intuition and most of all their persona in the process. These observations through a series of research material provides an opportunity for the common man to learn from these two wizards. What does it take to be a champion? What are the common traits? What is the role of support systems? How can the common man be a world beater? Through the narrative of two distinct authors (in different generations and geographies), these questions are answered in a natural yet cogent manner that appeals to the common man even without any knowledge of chess.