At a certain point, the atmosphere in the West could change. But I don't see determined political will [for that] at the moment.

A game of chess holds many secrets. Fortunately! That is why we cannot clearly state whether chess is science, art, or a sport.

We have again a strange gap. We have the big scientific discoveries around the second, third century BC. Then we have an invention of the so-called Arab system, the positional system of counting with zero dated to the eighth or ninth century.

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved by experience.

History tells you if dictators are not stopped in time, they cause more damage.

I'm not paranoid, but I am cautious. I don't drink tea with strangers, I don't fly Aeroflot and I avoid certain countries with close ties to Russia.

Values-oriented foreign policy of the free world would be much better, supported by the self-awareness of being on the right side of history.