Playing in your home city is very special. You feel the support and attention. When everything goes well, it's very great, but when it doesn't, you might as well turn off your phone: the advices seem endless.

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.

For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein.

When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'

I can take care of myself! But the "external barriers", my opponents, do indeed concern me.

First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.