Garry Kasparov Quotes

Energy is connected to physical fitness. One of the reasons I stayed at the top so long is that I was tremendously fit. At 36, I was fitter than most opponents ten years younger.

Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.

Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.

History tells you if dictators are not stopped in time, they cause more damage.

I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so.

The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either [Vladimir] Putin or his friends, as the loss of power could lead to repercussions in Russian society.

I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik.

You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.

Of course, if people do not want to do any work then it is better to start the game from a random position.

My opponent is Short and the match will be short.

We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!

A game of chess holds many secrets. Fortunately! That is why we cannot clearly state whether chess is science, art, or a sport.

All that now seems to stand between Nigel and the prospect of the world crown is the unfortunate fact that fate brought him into this world only two years after Kasparov.

In the event that we don't want to lose the Far East and Siberia, we need a united Europe.

Perfectly correct chess exists only in theory.

If we look at statistical data, we see that Protestant countries in terms of economic development are more successful than those observing Catholicism.

There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end.

The growth of violent extremism is partly a consequence of how the developed world has become complacent and defensive about its own greatness and ambition.

Vladimir Putin mainly has friends in Europe among the extreme right, such as Marine Le Pen's Front National in France.

I'm not saying that George W. Bush did everything right. But even if you take a skeptical view of his Iraq war, [Barack] Obama made the more serious error of withdrawing his troops from Iraq early.

Values-oriented foreign policy of the free world would be much better, supported by the self-awareness of being on the right side of history.

The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.

I tried to come up with a definition of this new paradigm in six articles entitled "Russia after Putin." I would consider Russia's integration into Europe the most important element of this strategy.

Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess.

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.

Furthermore, a large portion of the assets of leading Russian figures is mixed, meaning that it is not quite clear how to counter this development.

Thanks to the Polgars the adjective 'men's' before events and the 'affirmative action' women's titles such as Woman Grandmaster have become anachronisms.

I am lucky, .. that the popular sport in the Soviet Union was chess and not baseball.

We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law.

What I am trying to figure out in my preface is how Romans could operate without the simple items - maps - that are necessary for running such a huge empire.

The Greeks according to official history used letters for hundreds, for tens, and ones.It was extremely complicated. If you talk about Archimedes, you should use Greek letters.

I have no idea how long Putin will last. The good news is, Putin doesn't know either. It will be sudden and it won't be peaceful. He has burned his bridges.

Everyone is concerned about his niche, his name, and wants to adapt the concept to so-called national characteristics. But at the end of the day, it's all the same.

We know that the governments in most of the successor states formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union are replaced through a process of regular elections.

I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.

Do as little as necessary to appear to be doing something without actually committing to a cause or course of action.

Rhetoric matters, but at the end of the day policy matters more.

I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.

A grandmaster must memorize thousands of chess duels in his head, as these are for him what words of the mother tongue are to the ordinary people and what notes are to a musician.

The technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creavivity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes.

The Russian Dept of Tourism has declared Ukraine its most dangerous destination. Many Russian tourists have disappeared there.

If we keep an optimistic view about the future, we definitely have to look for our place. Not to be redundant. And that means we have to emphasize what makes us unique.

Most likely, the system of mutual relations that has evolved in Eastern Europe and Asia corresponds to another level of governance.

I don't think that nature envisaged an insurmountable mechanism that would hinder any country from taking the path of democratic development.

The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.

Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.

Russia's inclination toward authoritarianism undoubtedly strengthened the leaders in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan, as they are afraid of normal democratic procedures.

In Armenia, the power de facto belongs to those who opted to take violent action in Karabakh. We are dealing with a military dictatorship that utilizes some kind of democratic procedures.

I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.

At the northern border of Azerbaijan, Daghestan by no means contributes to the democratization of the Caucasus.