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.

I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.

I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I have pulled myself in from desperate [situations]. When you are behind there are two strategies - counter-attack or all men to the defences. I’m good at finding the right balance between those.

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.

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.

It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.