Garry Kasparov - Chess Quotes

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The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.

Garry Kasparov
Having spent a lifetime analyzing the game of chess and comparing the capacity of computers to the capacity of the human brain, I've often wondered, where does our success come from? The answer is synthesis, the ability to combine creativity and calculation, art and science, into a whole that is much greater than the sum of its parts. Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind, and are then refined and improved by experience.

Garry Kasparov
Ironically, the main task of chess software companies today is to find ways to make the program weaker, not stronger, and to provide enough options that any user can pick from different levels and the machine will try to make enough mistakes to give him a chance.

Garry Kasparov
You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that winning requires a constant and strong psychology not just at the board but in every aspect of your life.

Garry Kasparov
When your house is on fire, you can't be bothered with the neighbours. Or, as we say in chess, if your king is under attack you don't worry about losing a pawn on the queen's side.

Garry Kasparov
The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough.

Garry Kasparov
For me, chess is a language, and if it's not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method at a young age.

Garry Kasparov
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
In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute.

Garry Kasparov
Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.

Garry Kasparov
In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time.

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Throughout my chess career I sought out new challenges, looking for things no one had done before.

Garry Kasparov