One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.

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

I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.

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.

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.

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

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