288 Quotes by Garry Kasparov

The technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creavivity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes.

This is the essential element that cannot be measured by any analysis or device, and I believe it's at the heart of success in all things: the power of intuition and the ability to harness and use it like a master.

Boris Vasilievich was the only top-class player of his generation who played gambits regularly and without fear ... Over a period of 30 years he did not lose a single game with the King's Gambit, and among those defeated were numerous strong players of all generations, from Averbakh, Bronstein and Fischer, to Seirawan.

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down.

I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik.

Chess continues to advance over time, so the players of the future will inevitably surpass me in the quality of their play, assuming the rules and regulations allow them to play serious chess. But it will likely be a long time before anyone spends 20 consecutive years as number, one as I did.

Winning is not a secret that belongs to a very few, winning is something that we can learn by studying ourselves, studying the environment and making ourselves ready for any challenge that is in front of us.