People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

I'm not really into rap.

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

There are so many games that I've seen that I've learned from. I never - that's also part of the same - never single out a particular player or a particular game.

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.

I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games. I analyze when I'm on the computer, either my games or my opponents. But mostly my own.

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.