If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company.

Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo <2000, as fly-swatting makes poor spectator sport. (on simultaneous exhibitions)

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

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

If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company.

I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw.