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.