Quote

I have no idea how long Putin will last. The good news is, Putin doesn't know either. It will be sudden and it won't be peaceful. He has burned his bridges.

Garry Kasparov

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
Chess Player
Critic
Journalist
Politician
Writer
City of Winds
Gary Kasparov
Garik Kimovich Weinstein
Garry Kimovich Kasparov
Idea
Putin
Doesn
Burned
Long
Sudden
Good
Bridges
Peaceful
News
Either
Last

More quotes by Garry Kasparov

Image
There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov
Image
Energy is connected to physical fitness. One of the reasons I stayed at the top so long is that I was tremendously fit. At 36, I was fitter than most opponents ten years younger.
Garry Kasparov
Image
It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.
Garry Kasparov
Image
There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar.
Garry Kasparov
Image
Many so-called pragmatists want nothing to do with space exploration or other kinds of ambitious endeavours that don't have a clear payoff. This mentality is hugely damaging to our success as a civilization. Our desire to understand the universe is kindled by curiosity and wonder, and this has fuelled countless scientific breakthroughs.
Garry Kasparov
Image
We are living in a world where major states and large geopolitical projects have to prove their competitive edge. It is clear, as well, that with regard to the intensifying American-Chinese confrontation and the inert power of a united Europe, Russia has to make up its mind - because it is losing ground as an independent center of power.
Garry Kasparov
Image
We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law.
Garry Kasparov
Image
Revenge for a terror attack is ideal for Putin's model. His propaganda machine will be filled with scenes of crash victims if [Vladimir] Putin sees the need for a larger war to stoke his domestic support again as the Russian economy teeters.
Garry Kasparov
Image
All that now seems to stand between Nigel and the prospect of the world crown is the unfortunate fact that fate brought him into this world only two years after Kasparov.
Garry Kasparov
Image
We can't attribute a long history of democratic traditions to Japan, either, but today Japan boasts a fully-fledged democracy in which governments change according to democratic procedures. It's no coincidence that the Taiwanese, Japanese, and South Korean economies are among the most innovative in Asia.
Garry Kasparov
Image
The regime is in trouble economically and can no longer offer anything to its citizens. That's why [Vladimir] Putin has to pursue an aggressive foreign policy, so he can serve his people the fairy tale of Russian pride and regaining its strength as a major power.
Garry Kasparov
Image
By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion
Garry Kasparov
Image
I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik.
Garry Kasparov
Image
We know that the governments in most of the successor states formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union are replaced through a process of regular elections.
Garry Kasparov
Image
Of course, if people do not want to do any work then it is better to start the game from a random position.
Garry Kasparov
Image
Kortchnoi's heritage is many-faceted - over the decades he has several times corrected and changed his style. But the main thing has invariably remained his search for chess truth.
Garry Kasparov
Image
To my surprise I found that when other top players in the precomputer age (before 1995, roughly) wrote about games in magazines and newspaper columns, they often made more mistakes in their annotations than the players had made at the board.
Garry Kasparov
Image
At a certain point, the atmosphere in the West could change. But I don't see determined political will [for that] at the moment.
Garry Kasparov
Image
If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.
Garry Kasparov
Image
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.
Garry Kasparov