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

You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that winning requires a constant and strong psychology not just at the board but in every aspect of your life.

All that now seems to stand between Nigel and the prospect of the world crown is the unfortunate fact that fate brought him into this world only two years after Kasparov.

All women are inferior to men.

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

I'm not saying that George W. Bush did everything right. But even if you take a skeptical view of his Iraq war, [Barack] Obama made the more serious error of withdrawing his troops from Iraq early.

I now have Croatian citizenship, but I only accepted it because Croatia allowed me to keep my Russian passport.