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If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it.

Garry Kasparov

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Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
Chess Player
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The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do.
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I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik.
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Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.
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Most likely, the system of mutual relations that has evolved in Eastern Europe and Asia corresponds to another level of governance.
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Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best day is unable to defeat the best computer.
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[Vladimir] Putin is more of a poker player. In poker, unlike chess, you can effectively compensate for a very weak hand by bluffing. There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end. Things are currently the other way around in Putin's realm. But it won't stay that way forever.
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We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!
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There is no doubt that [Vladimir] Putin is responsible for this crime, whether or not he gave the order to commit the murder [of Boris Nemtsov] himself. Putin created the conditions and atmosphere that have made this kind of thing possible.
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With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.
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If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences.
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If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.
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The situation in the [North Caucasus ] region can easily get out of control if the capital inflow is interrupted. It is apparent, even when leaving democratic institutions and values aside for a moment, that [Vladimir] Putin's regime has led the country down a blind alley. Our task is to usher in a shift of paradigms, a new foundation.
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I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so.
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There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end.
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I believe more than ever, machines will put new challenges, and that means we'll have to be more creative and more human, because that's the way to make the difference.
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Russia's inclination toward authoritarianism undoubtedly strengthened the leaders in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan, as they are afraid of normal democratic procedures.
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A brilliant strategy is, certainly, a matter of intelligence, but intelligence without audaciousness is not enough.
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