Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular.
It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.
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.
I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions.
You have to win something for people to think about you.
Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition.