Its just you and your opponent at the board and you're trying to prove something

I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.

All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.

She and I just don't see eye to eye together. She's a square. She keeps telling me that I'm too interested in chess, that I should get friends outside of chess, you can't make a living from chess, that I should finish high school and all that nonsense. She keeps in my hair and I don't like people in my hair, you know, so I had to get rid of her.

You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances