Garry Kasparov Quotations

I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.

I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.

In chess, we have styles - like in any other field. There are also fashions in the kinds of systems that people play. So I'm trying to know my opponent as much as possible.

I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books.

I don't have to run for Presidency in Russia to feel good about myself. I already completed more than many people could have dreamed of.

I don't really like discussions about a supposed Russian national character.

My mother lives in Moscow, and I would like to visit her. Now she always has to travel to Finland or a Baltic country to meet me. But I have to expect that my papers would be confiscated in Moscow immediately, and that they would harass my family. I can still have more impact in the West with my books and lectures.

I now have Croatian citizenship, but I only accepted it because Croatia allowed me to keep my Russian passport.

Things are currently the other way around in [Vladimir] Putin's realm. But it won't stay that way forever.

I'm not saying that George W. Bush did everything right. But even if you take a skeptical view of his Iraq war, [Barack] Obama made the more serious error of withdrawing his troops from Iraq early.