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 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.

I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games. I analyze when I'm on the computer, either my games or my opponents. But mostly my own.

For me right now I think being the world number one is a bigger deal than being the world champion because I think it shows better who plays the best chess. That sounds self-serving but I think it's also right.

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.

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.