Garry Kasparov Quotes

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

Chess is the touchstone of intellect.

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

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.

Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance

Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)

Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life.

At a very young age I was predicting outcomes, trying to take all the information and find the best route to wherever I was going. I avoided a lot of pitfalls because of that.

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position, that was the best thing for me.

Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning.

Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable.

Life is a kind of chess.

Chess demands total concentration

Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going to achieve it. In the military we are taught never to go for a single answer, no matter how obvious that might be.

Chess is an effective means to educate and train the human intellect.

Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life

Chess is a cold bath for the mind

You know, if I'm in a bad mood, I always look at the chessboard, just to find something that can cheer me up.

"What would I do if?.." By thinking tactically, we can more easily arrive at correct tactical solutions, and practice - even theoretical practice - tends to produce confidence in our solutions which, in turn, makes it easier for us, and thus quicker, to reach a decision.

A game of chess holds many secrets. Fortunately! That is why we cannot clearly state whether chess is science, art, or a sport.

Chess is a sad waste of brains.

Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.

When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.