When you say politics, you conjure a whole bunch of associations: elections, campaigning, debates, fundraising. None of this exists in Russia! We are still fighting not for election victories but for having elections at all. Garry Kasparov More Quotes by Garry Kasparov More Quotes From Garry Kasparov 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. Garry Kasparov hard-work decision night If you don't take risks, you don't drink champagne. Garry Kasparov champagne drink risk It is better to have a bad plan than no plan. Garry Kasparov plans If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure. Garry Kasparov risk brave success Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster. Garry Kasparov winning chess needs Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy. Garry Kasparov tactics chess brain The loss of my childhood was the price for becoming the youngest world champion in history. When you have to fight every day from a young age, your soul can be contaminated. I lost my childhood. I never really had it. Today I have to be careful not to become cruel, because I became a soldier too early. Garry Kasparov childhood fighting loss A master looks at every move he would like to make, especially the impossible ones Garry Kasparov impossible looks moving A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians. Garry Kasparov mother games people The only way to fail for me is just not to try. Garry Kasparov failing trying way Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable. Garry Kasparov loser levels chess Boris Vasilievich was the only top-class player of his generation who played gambits regularly and without fear ... Over a period of 30 years he did not lose a single game with the King's Gambit, and among those defeated were numerous strong players of all generations, from Averbakh, Bronstein and Fischer, to Seirawan. Garry Kasparov strong player kings Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by. Garry Kasparov regret mistake moving Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be. Garry Kasparov views might long Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down. Garry Kasparov problem moving-forward moving Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the opponent - it is precisely these qualities that distinguish great players. Garry Kasparov player self success Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment. Garry Kasparov responsibility play chess We think about time as something not to waste, not as something to invest. Garry Kasparov waste thinking When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method. Garry Kasparov kings winning school 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 fighting blow want
