Intellectual effort gives me enormous pleasure

In this respect, I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry [Kasparov]. With his very emotive body language at the [chess]board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.

I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself.

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

For us chess players the language of artist is something natural.

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

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