If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

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

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

I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of course, socially it is important to go to school and interact with people your own age.

Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way.