I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.

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

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

I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

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