I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.

We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.

But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.

Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.

Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have very strong nervous system and then you must be well prepared, you must be able to work a lot.

By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.