Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.

I like to make them squirm.

My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration

Well, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity, so to speak, and my logic. And the other was my religious life. I tried to apply what I learned in the church to my chess career too. But I still was studying chess. I wasn't just "trusting in God" to give me the moves.

Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.

I don't listen to weakies.

There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.