The loss of my childhood was the price for becoming the youngest world champion in history. When you have to fight every… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
One lesson is to not to play desperately if your position is worse but still reasonable. Lashing out wildly in an inferior… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
There is no democracy in Russia. Dictators do not go away through the vote. Putin relies on riot police, thousands of them,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
If people are being left behind, impoverished economically or even culturally, they will always be easily targeted by demagogues of any stripe,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
My life is split in three parts; I don't know the percentage. One could be called "chess" - the Kasparov Chess Foundation,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
When you say politics, you conjure a whole bunch of associations: elections, campaigning, debates, fundraising. None of this exists in Russia! We… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
People's minds are polluted by these dark pictures of the future from Hollywood: "The Terminator," the Skynet, "The Matrix." It's world where… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
It's interesting that the greatest minds of computer science, the founding fathers, like Alan Turing and Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener, they all looked… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Karabakh conflict has a strong influence on the political climate both in Azerbaijan and Armenia. It is obvious, too, that the Azerbaijani leadership can… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King is under… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I would say, you have a unique chance of learning more about the game of chess with your computer than Bobby Fischer, or even… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
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… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Russian Parliament today is a bunch of puppets that just fall in with the instructions from Kremlin. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Barack Obama took over after Vladimir Putin's first aggression, in Georgia. In 2009, he did the reset policy because they had these stupid ideas… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best day is… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
In my opinion, using different kinds of epithets and adjectives in connection with the word democracy is a sign of mere hypocrisy, to put… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image