India and China are improving by leaps and bounds and it will be their chess players who will lead the revolution of the XXI century.

Playing chess has many aspects that can be useful in everyday situations like planning, concentration and combinations. You learn to win but also to lose and to be creative.

One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an artistic point of view.

India and China are improving by leaps and bounds and it will be their chess players who will lead the revolution of the XXI century.

I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said that I was able to pull out tricks from nowhere.

It's very important not to put pressure on a child. Make sure that she/he feels that whatever happens it's not the end of the world. If they cry after a loss that's normal, as adults also hate to lose. If they win a game you should make them feel very proud but make sure they know the next game will be another challenge.

Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it