I reckon that there won't be an intervention in the near future, because Georgia's military adventure revealed the weakness of the Russian army.

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 simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

I'm so cool that the kids come to my bedroom and go, 'Mom! Turn the music down!

To be in a body is to hear the heartbeat of death at every moment.

If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.

There is not a single person alive who could keep a straight face and say "Oh yeah it's healthy, the reason I use drugs and alcohol and booze is because it's healthy!"

Voyages are accomplished inwardly.

Lord Bacon makes beauty to consist of grace and motion.

In the suburbs it's hard to buy your Christmas gifts early in the year. You never know who your friends will be in December.

There is a difference. If you kill to take money or rob, it is plain murder, but if you kill because of political reasons, that is a political murder.

Religion keeps society divided. Spirituality unites it.