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

On the whole, the life of a chess professional is not as easy as it appears at first sight. One needs to devote some ten hours a day to chess and to everything connected with it - physical and psycholgical preparation.

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.

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

Computers have changed the world of chess.

An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.

Look at the catastrophic record Vishy Anand has against Garry Kasparov. Kasparov managed to beat him almost everywhere they played, even though Vishy Anand has belonged to the absolute top players in the world for fifteen years. This difference cannot be explained purely in chess terms, there must have been some psychology.