I try to play, always, beautiful games...always I wanted to create masterpieces.

Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess.

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.

There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar.

You know, if I'm in a bad mood, I always look at the chessboard, just to find something that can cheer me up.

All women are inferior to men.

[Vladimir] Putin's Russia is only indirectly concerned with the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a means of maintaining its sphere of influence. I doubt that Russia will meddle. Moreover, I'm quite sure that Ilham Aliyev won't decide to carry out any serious action - it's not in his interest. He's learned his lesson very well - threaten to take action but never act on such words.