I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.

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.

There are so many games that I've seen that I've learned from. I never - that's also part of the same - never single out a particular player or a particular game.

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.

Of course, analysis can sometimes give more accurate results than intuition but usually it’s just a lot of work. I normally do what my intuition tells me to do. Most of the time spent thinking is just to double-check.

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [...] Today's game was provided by Garry.