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Putin recognized that if he could get enough money, everything would be under control.
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Chess is mental torture.
Garry Kasparov
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Allow dissent & free media for 6 months in Russia and see what happens. Putin would never risk it because he’s terrified of his own people and the truth, like every dictator.
Garry Kasparov -
There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.
Garry Kasparov -
I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.
Garry Kasparov -
We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types.
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
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Somehow people always forget that it's much easier to install a dictator than to remove one.
Garry Kasparov -
Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
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When I retired from professional chess in 2005 to join the Russian pro-democracy movement against Putin, I was frequently asked how my chess experience might help me in politics. My answer was that it wouldn’t help much at all, because in chess we had fixed rules and uncertain results, while in Russian politics it was exactly the opposite.
Garry Kasparov -
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 -
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
Garry Kasparov -
There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their fortunes.
Garry Kasparov
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I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.
Garry Kasparov -
At the end of the day, it's all about money.
Garry Kasparov -
'Socialism with a human face'? ... Frankenstein also had a human face.
Garry Kasparov -
I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov -
I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.
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If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences.
Garry Kasparov
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels.
Garry Kasparov -
I have great energy and I have great tasks ahead of me.
Garry Kasparov -
Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.
Garry Kasparov