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.

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

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

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

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.

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

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