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

A master looks at every move he would like to make, especially the impossible ones

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

We can't attribute a long history of democratic traditions to Japan, either, but today Japan boasts a fully-fledged democracy in which governments change according to democratic procedures. It's no coincidence that the Taiwanese, Japanese, and South Korean economies are among the most innovative in Asia.

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.

All women are inferior to men.

[Vladimir] Putin intended to provide for a broad safety corridor [for the Olympic Games]. That's why Abkhazia was a more important and desired goal of Russian aggression against Georgia than South Ossetia, which merely served as a pretext. Concerns mainly centered on the Crimea.