I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.

I don't really watch too many movies. I don't have the patience usually to watch one, one and a half or two hours in a row.

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.

There are certainly loads of players that I admire; I try to learn from all of the great masters both of the past and contemporary as well.

For me, the most important thing is to continue to play well and to be a positive figure and hopefully a role model for kids as well.