[Vladimir] Putin is more of a poker player. In poker, unlike chess, you can effectively compensate for a very weak hand by bluffing. There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end. Things are currently the other way around in Putin's realm. But it won't stay that way forever.

We know that the governments in most of the successor states formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union are replaced through a process of regular elections.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.

If you don't take risks, you don't drink champagne.

Nowadays, a 13-year-old would probably know more than Bobby Fischer knew when he retired. They analyse all the moves and prepare themselves on their computers. But that doesn’t mean they are special.

Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance