The best Quotes by Garry Kasparov

Having a dictator rule in Russia is by far the greatest existential threat to humanity.

This is tragic for my country. Thousands of young Russians die for that lunatic dictator. Many of them were born under Putin and now die under Putin.

This is the first time since the end of the Cold War that almost the whole world stands together. Even in my wildest dreams, I didn't expect such solidarity to happen in four to five days.

Communism is like an autoimmune disorder; it doesn't do the killing itself, but it weakens the system so much that the victim is left helpless and unable to fight off anything else.

Each victory pulls the victor down slightly and makes it harder to put in maximum effort to improve further.

The leaders of the free world keep lowering their standards and authoritarians keep taking more territory. Eventually people wake up and ask why Putin murders in the UK or hacks in the US. Why wouldn’t he? You didn’t stop him before.

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.

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

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

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

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.

Chess is mental torture.

The highest art of the chessplayer lies in not allowing your opponent to show you what he can do.

I believe that cheating in chess is a big deal and an existential threat to the game.

I believe that Niemann has cheated more - and more recently - than he has publicly admitted. His over the board progress has been unusual, and throughout our game in the Sinquefield Cup I had the impression that he wasn't tense or even fully concentrating on the game in critical positions, while outplaying me as black in a way I think only a handful of players can do.

I've withdrawn from the tournament. I've always enjoyed playing in the Saint Louis Chess Club, and hope to be back in the future. If I speak I am in big trouble.

My favourite player from the past is probably myself, like, 3-4 years ago.

I'm really happy, obviously. As happy as you can be, beating a 16 year old.

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn’t even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.

It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

The western Countries lie recklessly, like Goebbels: the more incredible the lie, the faster they will believe in it.

I find it necessary to support the proposal of the Defence Ministry on partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation to defend our Motherland, and to ensure the safety of our people.

The special military operation is being conducted strictly in accordance to the plan and schedule. All objectives that were set are being resolved successfully.

The purpose of this operation is to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine.

No matter who tries to stand in our way or all the more so create threats for our country and our people, they must know that Russia will respond immediately.

I made a decision to carry out a special military operation.

We're ready to show Ukraine what real de-communisation means for it.

I want to say thank you to each of you because we are together. And when we feel the reliable support of those standing beside us, Russia becomes one big family.

This country, Russia, has changed. Russia has become a real football country... where football has become part of the country's DNA and the culture.

Russia... the prequel and sequel to the Sowjet Union.

Russia... the country that gave the world Tetris, merkins you wear on your heads, and potentially the 45th President of the United States.

Stop the war! Admit that this is a war against an entire nation and stop it!

Before this war, I was opposed to membership of Ukraine in NATO because I feared that it would start exactly the process that we have seen now. Now that this process has reached this level, the idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful. I believe Ukrainian membership in NATO would be an appropriate outcome.

You know how the game of chess is played. Pieces must be sacrificed!

The only opponents who aren't coming up with excuses for being defeated by me are computers.

I am in favour of a dictatorship.

The war is won, but the peace is not.

If there's not enough coffee for everyone, there's coffee for no one.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others, it is getting ahead of yourself.

We have nothing to fear and that is the reason why we should only accept a clean and clear Brexit, not some fudge.

Fighting's for grownups, and that's only if you got no other choice.

How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.