You have to win something for people to think about you.
When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.
A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess.
It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.
Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition.
My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.