It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.

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.

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

I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

There are certainly loads of players that I admire; I try to learn from all of the great masters both of the past and contemporary as well.

When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.