Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

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

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

Each match I play is the most important one yet.

For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered the peak and will not have to struggle. Financially, perhaps that is true; but as far as chess goes, I'm still learning a lot!

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.

In a way players at the top should try to promote the game in their own countries as that is the legacy that makes you feel proud. If you have not done that you have failed as a sportsperson.