I don't have enough information, and enough courage, to come up with a definite version of events. And I think it is too dangerous for me to do so.

I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.

The technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creavivity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes.

We see threats to liberal democracy coming from lots of directions. We have to create something new, a common response, because in so many places - the UK, France, Germany - ultranationalists and the far left threaten the free market and liberal democracy.

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.

Dictators are not strategists in the way I normally use that term. All the dictator cares about is survival. That means constantly worrying about the tactical response, "What do I do today, tonight, tomorrow morning, to stay alive?" Vladimir Putin doesn't care what happens a year or five years from now. He just cares about staying in the game. That is all he needs to survive.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.