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.

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

All I expect are wins and to get pleasure from the game. And if someone thinks something about me, if someone's dissatisfied with something... that's not my headache. I hope someday I'll become World Champion - and I'll make all these people happy. But even if for some reason that doesn't happen it won't stop me getting pleasure from chess. I'm sure of that.

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

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

There are certainly loads of players that I admire; I try to learn from all of the great masters both of the past and contemporary as well.