If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.

In 1996, the players at the VSB tournament in Amsterdam sent me a card for my wedding with this dedication, 'Anand congrats on your wedding. You were a great player, now be ready to lose 50 points'.

Being the undisputed world champion is a relief. We instituted a unified chess title, I am the absolute world champion.

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)

If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.

When you play with the best in the world, it is important that you not lose focus. You must be fully focused. Even a minor error could result in a massive defeat.

I was very lucky that while I was a chess player in a country where chess was not a big deal, I happened to be in the one city where there was a sprouting chess team: Chennai.