My opponent is Short and the match will be short.

In general there is something puzzling about the fact that the most renowned figures in chess - Morphy, Pillsbury, Capablanca and Fischer - were born in America.

It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world.

Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood.

There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their fortunes.

I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.

Tarrasch's 'dogmas' are not eternal truisms, but merely instructional material presented in an accessible and witty form, those necessary rudiments from which one can begin to grasp the secrets of chess.