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

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.

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16 years old. In other sports, if you have been playing for seven years, you are not a young prodigy any more. You're one of the pros.

I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.

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

If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.