For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.

In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.

The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics - if you can find links between different branches of mathematics, it can help you resolve problems. In both mathematics and chess, you study existing theory and use that to go forward.

I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a sport in general.

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

When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no idea what that means and you only sort of picture it. It is hard to imagine that I waited all those years and it happened in a late stage of my career.

Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.