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.

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16 years old. In other sports, if you have been playing for seven years, you are not a young prodigy any more. You're one of the pros.

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.

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

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.