Home / Quotes / Quote by Garry Kasparov

Quote by Garry Kasparov

“Though I would have liked my chances in a rematch in 1998 if I were better prepared, it was clear then that computer superiority over humans in chess had always been just a matter of time.”

Quote by Garry Kasparov

Author

Garry Kasparov is a renowned chess grandmaster, writer, and activist. Born on April 13, 1963, he is considered one of the greatest chess players in history, having won multiple world chess championships. Kasparov's achievements are not limited to the chessboard; he is also a prominent figure in social and political activism, promoting the culture of chess and advocating for democratic ideals. more

You May Also Like

“Ironically, the main task of chess software companies today is to find ways to make the program weaker, not stronger, and to provide enough options that any user can pick from different levels and the machine will try to make enough mistakes to give him a chance.”

Source: How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

“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.”

Way Humans Long Stills Winning Computer Machines Defeat Chess Long Way Long Way To Go

Author:Garry Kasparov

“By the mid-1990s the number of people with some experience of using computers was many orders of magnitude greater than in the 1960s. In the Kasparov defeat they recognized that here was a great triumph for programmers, but not one that may compete with the human intelligence that helps us to lead our lives.”

People Humans May Helping Order Numbers Greater Our Lives Computer Defeat Chess Triumph 1960s Programmers Magnitude Human Intelligence

Author:Igor Aleksander

“Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves.”

Sometimes Today Moving Behinds Struggle Computer Program Logic Chess

Author:Kenneth Rogoff

“Chess programs are our enemies, they destroy the romance of chess. They take away the beauty of the game. Everything can be calculated.”

Romance Games Enemy Computer Program Chess

Author:Levon Aronian

“Don't worry kids, you'll find work. After all, my machine will need strong chess player-programmers. You will be the first.”

Needs Firsts Kids Strong Worry Player Computer Machines Chess Programmers Chess Players

Author:Mikhail Botvinnik

“For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.”

Doors Computer Chess

Author:Viswanathan Anand

“I don't know whether computers are improving the style of play, I know they are changing it. Chess has become a different game, one could say that computers have changed the world of chess. That is pretty clear.”

Knows World Different Play Games Clear Style Changed Computer Chess Improving

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.”

Action Depends Fortune Effectiveness

Author:Publilius Syrus

“It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.”

Ifs Wells Action Profit Neglect

Author:Publilius Syrus