I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands.

No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm.

An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.

I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.

Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.

Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.