...comparing the capacity of computers to the capacity of the human brain, I've often wondered, where does our success come from? The answer is synthesis, the ability to combine creativity and calculation, art and science, into whole that is much greater than the sum of its parts.

The Far East and Eastern Siberia are already developing according to a Chinese scenario, the full scope of which will be revealed in the near future. In the next 10 to 15 years, a lot of Russian territories will become at least de facto Chinese. This will change the situation in Russia fundamentally.

I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels.

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy.