I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I have pulled myself in from de….

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head..

For me, the most important thing is to continue to play well and to be a positive figure and hopefully a role model for kids as well..

Of course, analysis can sometimes give more accurate results than intuition but usually it’s just a lot of work. I normally do what my intuition tell….

There wasn't any particular player I modeled my game after. I tried to learn from everyone and create my own style. I studied past players... Truth b….

The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [...] Today's game was provided by Garry..

I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans..

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person..

Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up to….

One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garr….

I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue..

I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening ….

I don't really watch too many movies. I don't have the patience usually to watch one, one and a half or two hours in a row..

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win ever….

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is..

When you have fun then you're more interested in learning..

It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people..

Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way..

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless..

I played like a child!.

In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit down and play chess up till….