Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control. 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-workdecisionnight If you don't take risks, you don't drink champagne. Garry Kasparov champagnedrinkrisk 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 riskbravesuccess 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 winningchessneeds 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 tacticschessbrain 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 childhoodfightingloss A master looks at every move he would like to make, especially the impossible ones Garry Kasparov impossiblelooksmoving 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 mothergamespeople The only way to fail for me is just not to try. Garry Kasparov failingtryingway Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable. Garry Kasparov loserlevelschess 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 strongplayerkings Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by. Garry Kasparov regretmistakemoving 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 viewsmightlong Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down. Garry Kasparov problemmoving-forwardmoving 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 playerselfsuccess 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 responsibilityplaychess We think about time as something not to waste, not as something to invest. Garry Kasparov wastethinking 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 kingswinningschool 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 fightingblowwant
