I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.

Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for your opponent. You see the opportunity but also greater limitations than you should. I have always believed in what I do on the chessboard, even when I had no objective reason to. It is better to overestimate your prospects than underestimate them.

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

I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of course, socially it is important to go to school and interact with people your own age.

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.

I'm definitely the first no.1 in the world since Fischer, and probably at least since Kasparov, who probably has the most potential to dominate for the foreseeable future.

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