I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.

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

I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

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

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.

I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.