Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight.

Intellectual effort gives me enormous pleasure

Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.

Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.

Computers have changed the world of chess.

With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.