46 quotes
It is better to have a bad plan than no plan.
How Life Imitates Chess (2007)
Communism is like an autoimmune disorder; it doesn't do the killing itself, but it weakens the system so much that the victim is left helpless and unable to fight off anything else.
Winter is Coming (2015)
We must decide what we value and decide what is worth fighting for and then–the most important part–we must fight for it.
Winter is Coming (2015)
Anatoly Karpov and I donated the prize fund from our 1986 world championship match to the Chernobyl victim relief fund.
Winter is Coming (2015)
Each victory pulls the victor down slightly and makes it harder to put in maximum effort to improve further.
Winter is Coming (2015)
With each success the ability to change is reduced. My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it to being dipped in bronze. Each victory added another coat.
How Life Imitates Chess (2007)
It's not enough to be talented. It's not enough to work hard and to study late into the night. You must also become intimately aware of the methods you use to reach your decisions.
How Life Imitates Chess (2007)
It's not common, in our age, for someone to retire while still at the top, but I'm a man who needs a goal, and who wants to make a difference.
Winter is Coming (2015)
Putin's war on Ukraine has entered its next phase, one of destruction and slaughter of civilians. It is also a part of Putin's World War, a war on the civilized world of international law, democracy, and any threat to his power, which he declared long ago.
The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.
Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.
How Life Imitates Chess (2007)
Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.
How Life Imitates Chess (2007)
Putin should simply be called a dictator.
The Truth About Putin (2018)
The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.
On twitter (2016)
First of all, I have to say as somebody who was born and raised in a Communist country, I cannot criticize any action that led to the destruction of dictatorship.
Every country has its own mafia. In Russia, the mafia has its own country.
"Of course, if people do not want to do any work then it is better to start the game from a random position." December 2001
You can get quite far in a democracy if you can convince a majority that they are victims of a minority, and that only you can protect them.
On twitter (2016)
In chess, we say that the player with the initiative is obliged to attack, otherwise the initiative will be lost and the counterattack will likely be decisive.
The Truth About Putin (2018)
The leaders of the free world keep lowering their standards and authoritarians keep taking more territory. Eventually people wake up and ask why Putin murders in the UK or hacks in the US. Why wouldn’t he? You didn’t stop him before.
Is Putin Popular? (2018)