In chess the rules are fixed and the outcome is unpredictable, whereas in Putin's Russia the rules are unpredictable and the outcome is fixed.

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.

Reflections they give meThat my mirror does notThey know the new meNot the old meThat I am not

Back on the block they probably call Big Al "Fat Albert" but here in the Nam we don't insult our friends.

My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.

We are made in the image of God, and we need to put Spirit back into the equation when we want to improve our physical and our mental health.

I think you can't demonize somebody that's on the other side of the political spectrum, or you can't generalize about them.

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good.

When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.

Develop the strength of a man, but live as gently as a woman

I haven't thought about making a music film, but if I did, that would be a very interesting idea.

If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.