We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types.

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.

If ur laptop doesnt smell like fire then ur losing.

Religion was created for the goodness of the humanity, butreligious dogma converts a good person to an evil person.

Our values were under attacks, in ParisTell them:We stand UNITEDWe'll defend our valuesWe'll NOT be DIVIDED

The press is like any business. Its a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.

The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.

I don't like parties. I prefer something more intimate, just for the closest people.

I like delivering a message, but what I find interesting is providing those details in a different context. Then the readers can make up their minds what it means.

Actually, high housing prices don't help the economy. They raise the cost of living.

Laws matter, but typically changing the law by itself accomplishes little.

On any occasion when one can discover the cause of events, one should not resort to the gods.