Garry Kasparov Quotes

Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down.

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

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.

I like to say that the attacker always has the advantage.

In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute.

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

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

For inspiration I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents. None did this better than the eighth world champion, Mikhail Tal. The "Magician of Riga" rose to become champion in 1960 at age twenty-three and became famous for his aggressive, volatile play.

You must also have a sense of when to stop.

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

With each success the ability to change is reduced. My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it to being dipped in bronze. Each victory added another coat.

It's not enough to be talented. It's not enough to work hard and to study late into the night. You must also become intimately aware of the methods you use to reach your decisions.

Having spent a lifetime analyzing the game of chess and comparing the capacity of computers to the capacity of the human brain, I've often wondered, where does our success come from? The answer is synthesis, the ability to combine creativity and calculation, art and science, into a whole that is much greater than the sum of its parts. 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.

"Of course, if people do not want to do any work then it is better to start the game from a random position." December 2001

Every country has its own mafia. In Russia, the mafia has its own country.