I would like to travel to my country again, to a country without a dictatorship, to a post-Putin Russia.

The regime is in trouble economically and can no longer offer anything to its citizens. That's why [Vladimir] Putin has to pursue an aggressive foreign policy, so he can serve his people the fairy tale of Russian pride and regaining its strength as a major power.

A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.

A grandmaster must memorize thousands of chess duels in his head, as these are for him what words of the mother tongue are to the ordinary people and what notes are to a musician.

The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed.

My opponent is Short and the match will be short.

If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it.