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

Moscow is simply unwilling to recognize the right of self-determination of nations.

Many Republicans who traditionally were for a positive role in the world, anti-Russian, now they want to defend their party and leader, and they don't care about real arguments. The paradox is the Democrats were so timid in criticising Vladimir Putin. Barack Obama appeased him and now they are criticising Putin's interference in American democracy. It is a strange reversal of the roles.

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

Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the opponent - it is precisely these qualities that distinguish great players.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.