I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.

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

It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.

In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit down and play chess up till a certain age when it was not supposed to be cool anymore and people wanted to do other things.

Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.

I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.

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.