By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion

We should simply accept the fact that the way machines make decisions is different, and rather look at the result. If machines are providing results that we are looking for, you would mind how much human understanding was used in the process. And more likely we should look for the way of combining human skills and machine skills. And that, I believe, is the future role of humanity, is just to make sure it will be using this immense power of brute force of calculation for our benefit.

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

I would not draw definitive conclusions from that. If we look at South and North Korea, it is pretty hard to believe that we're dealing with the same people. Half of the people are forced to live in a concentration camp; the other have created one of the most dynamic economies in the world.

But we must not forget the effort undertaken by the ruling elite in Russia to manipulate Western politicians, businessmen as well as journalists. That's why [Vladimir] Putin's "fifth column" is that powerful in the West.

If we look at statistical data, we see that Protestant countries in terms of economic development are more successful than those observing Catholicism.

For me, chess is a language, and if it's not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method at a young age.