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

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

I have great energy and I have great tasks ahead of me.

The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough.

The regime is in trouble economically and can no longer offer anything to its citizens. That's why [Vladimir] Putin has to pursue an aggressive foreign policy, so he can serve his people the fairy tale of Russian pride and regaining its strength as a major power.

By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that this provides the foundation for the continuous development of chess mastery.

We must be optimistic about the future because it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we are creative and ambitious, intelligent machines will liberate us and be as profound a boon to our prosperity as electricity. If we are fearful, and fail to press ahead, we could be overwhelmed by automation and inequality.