We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.

I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol.

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.

I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that one often has to work very hard to beat them.

Of course I'm not a racist, but I'm certainly right wing, there's no question about that.

We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.

If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off