Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.

I played like a child!

I'm more interested in the games than the people.

In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit down and play chess up till a certain age when it was not supposed to be cool anymore and people wanted to do other things.

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

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

Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up to that point, not winning is just not an option.