To be a champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.
If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.
Las Vegas is a beautiful place. I like it more and more and plan to be here often. It's a great place for chess.
To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.
The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.
Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
As a personality, I'm fighter, you know. And I don't give up, and if I believe I'm correct, I'm right, then I work, and I fight. Okay, this could be over a chess board, this could be in life, and so I defend my principles.
I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.
Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course, chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have a very strong nervous system, and then you must be well prepared; you must be able to work a lot.
I have won Russia at least 16 world championships. I have fought for my country.
Style? I have no style.
I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.
No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess.
After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired.
Putin needs strong moves to keep the country as one. There is some criticism that he is centralizing power, but in Russia, if you don't centralize power, you have the risk of losing the country.
If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been no Kasparov as a good chess player at all.
I didn't know so well chess theory, the theory of chess openings. And so, of course I knew the theory, but not on the level of the best players, so this was my... this was always my weakness.
I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that.
