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Democracies get the leaders they deserve, as — Garry Kasparov

A brilliant strategy is, certainly, a matter of intelligence, but intelligence without audaciousness is not enough. — Garry Kasparov

By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion — Garry Kasparov

I don't really like discussions about a supposed Russian national character. — Garry Kasparov

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, compromises on principles are the street lights — Garry Kasparov

It's true that in chess as in politics, fund-raising and glad-handing matter. — Garry Kasparov

The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [ ... ] Today's game was provided by Garry. — Magnus Carlsen

I like to say that the attacker always has the advantage. — Garry Kasparov

I have great energy and I have great tasks ahead of me. — Garry Kasparov

Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing. — Garry Kasparov

Russia is a mafia state today, and Putin is its top godfather. — Garry Kasparov

[Harry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma. — Viktor Korchnoi

Perfectly correct chess exists only in theory. — Garry Kasparov

Chess is not dominoes — Garry Kasparov

I see my own style as being a symbiosis of the styles of Alekhine, Tal and Fischer. — Garry Kasparov

The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do. — Garry Kasparov

In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time. — Garry Kasparov

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. — Garry Kasparov

Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess. — Garry Kasparov

Typically, however, the winner is just the player who made the next-to-last mistake. — Garry Kasparov

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

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

One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the doubt even to one's enemies — Garry Kasparov

There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin. — Garry Kasparov

If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it. — Garry Kasparov

The most hopeful approach to peace in Ukraine is the Minsk Agreement, which includes Moscow. — Garry Kasparov

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

A master looks at every move he would like to make, especially the impossible ones — Garry Kasparov

Putin is like Al Capone. — Garry Kasparov

If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences. — Garry Kasparov

Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful. — Garry Kasparov

It is better to have a bad plan than no plan. — Garry Kasparov

When you consider that only an estimated 15 percent of the US population plays chess, its cultural prominence is extraordinary. It — Garry Kasparov

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

One does not succeed by sticking to convention. — Garry Kasparov

One comforting thing about the Trump White House is that you aren't forced to choose between malice and incompetence. — Garry Kasparov

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. — Garry Kasparov

Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable. — Garry Kasparov

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

Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by. — Garry Kasparov

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

My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge. — Garry Kasparov

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

Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance — Garry Kasparov

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life. — Garry Kasparov

My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice. — Garry Kasparov

My opponent is Short and the match will be short. — Garry Kasparov

Throughout my chess career I sought out new challenges, looking for things no one had done before. — Garry Kasparov

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game. — Garry Kasparov

This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision. — Garry Kasparov

I now have Croatian citizenship, but I only accepted it because Croatia allowed me to keep my Russian passport. — Garry Kasparov

I'm looking forward to the day when my country is saved - and the current winner becomes a loser. — Garry Kasparov

[Vladimir] Putin needs wars to legitimize his position. — Garry Kasparov

Somehow, people always forget that it's much easier to install a dictator than to remove one — Garry Kasparov

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure. — Garry Kasparov

Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion. — Boris Spassky

In chess the rules are fixed and the outcome is unpredictable, whereas in Putin's Russia the rules are unpredictable and the outcome is fixed. — Garry Kasparov

At the end of the day, it's all about money. — Garry Kasparov

I would like to travel to my country again, to a country without a dictatorship, to a post-Putin Russia. — Garry Kasparov

I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try. — Garry Kasparov

I'm not paranoid, but I am cautious. I don't drink tea with strangers, I don't fly Aeroflot and I avoid certain countries with close ties to Russia. — Garry Kasparov

A moral foreign policy means your positions on certain matters are clear no matter what, and that you won't forget about them when it's convenient. — Garry Kasparov

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

With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art. — Garry Kasparov

I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov. — Lou Gerstner

Repression may begin as a means to an end, but it always ends up being an end unto itself — Garry Kasparov

The Putin regime is and always has been about one thing: money. Specifically, about how to move it into the bank accounts of Putin's — Garry Kasparov

I've seen - both in myself and my competitors - how satisfaction can lead to a lack of vigilance, then to mistakes and missed opportunities. — Garry Kasparov

I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books. — Garry Kasparov

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

The Kremlin is constantly changing the rules of the game to suit its purposes. We are not playing chess, we're playing roulette. — Garry Kasparov

I was going to do a book about the first prearranged Karpov-Kasparov match, '84-'85. But the God-damn Jews have stolen my entire file on that. — Bobby Fischer

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. — Garry Kasparov

Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. — Garry Kasparov

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy. — Garry Kasparov

What did disappear - or, at least, what faded dramatically - was the willingness of the free world to take a firm stand in support of the oppressed. — Garry Kasparov

The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed. — Garry Kasparov

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

As for the sport, even there Kasparov couldn't resist a sideswipe. Most of the gold in Sochi will go to Switzerland, but into secret bank accounts. — Anonymous

It could truly be the case that Vladimir Putin has miscalculated in the long term with his adventure in Syria. — Garry Kasparov

Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best day is unable to defeat the best computer. — Garry Kasparov

Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood. — Garry Kasparov

All women are inferior to men. — Garry Kasparov

We think about time as something not to waste, not as something to invest. — Garry Kasparov

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. — Garry Kasparov

the gravity of past success. — Garry Kasparov

When Garri Kasparov wrestles with his conscience, he always wins. It's what he's best at. — Dominic Lawson

There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar. — Garry Kasparov

Chess is mental torture. — Garry Kasparov

Everyone, at any age, has talents that aren't fully developed-even those who reach the top of their profession. — Garry Kasparov

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles — Garry Kasparov

It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world. — Garry Kasparov

It is foolish to let down our defenses against an attack simply because we will be in the moral right should that attack come. — Garry Kasparov

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

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

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. — Garry Kasparov

I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting. — Boris Spassky

In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute. — Garry Kasparov

It is not what a government does with data that defines it; it is what it does to human beings. Any — Garry Kasparov

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