If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.