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

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

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

I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.

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.

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.

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.