Quotes from Garry Kasparov

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

Nowadays games immediately appear on the Internet and thus the life of novelties is measured in hours. Modern professionals do not have the right to be forgetful - it is 'life threatening'.

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

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.

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

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

The ability to work hard for days on end without losing focus is a talent. The ability to keep absorbing new information after many hours of study is a talent.

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

Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice.

Putin is like Al Capone.

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

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

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.

Though I would have liked my chances in a rematch in 1998 if I were better prepared, it was clear then that computer superiority over humans in chess had always been just a matter of time.

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

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

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

More and more people in my country recognise the dangers of having their governors appointed by Putin and having no influence in parliament because Parliament today is also following instructions from Kremlin and no longer represents its people.

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

Chess is mental torture.

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

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

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

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