Quotes from Garry Kasparov

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

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

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.

I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels.

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved by experience.

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.

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