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

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.

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

I'm more interested in the games than the people.

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.

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

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