I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.

It's time to make important noise.

We live in a society where those that do the greatest damage to humanity and nature reap the greatest financial rewards.

The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature

Trace of Magic caught me up fast and pulled me in tight for a fun, action-and-sass adventure full of deadly magic and dangerous romance. Diana Pharaoh Francis delivers a downright terrific read.

If you are a thinker, you will change the language. You will not use words the way others do.

If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open.

My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?'

The problem is that many times people suspend their common sense because they get drowned in business models and Harvard business school teachings.

Whence had they come The hand and lash that beat down frigid Rome? What sacred drama through her body heaved When world-transforming Charlemagne was conceived?