The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [...] Today's game was provided by Garry.

I'm not really into rap.

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.

I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

Of course, analysis can sometimes give more accurate results than intuition but usually it’s just a lot of work. I normally do what my intuition tells me to do. Most of the time spent thinking is just to double-check.

I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.