Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.

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.

I lost the match. I blame only myself for this. There were many opportunities to win. But I missed them, no one else.

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.

Style, I've got no style.

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.