When you stop playing for a while, people tend to forget about you.

You have to win something for people to think about you.

If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also.

I have never been a professional model; I have had some modeling sessions.

Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition.

My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments.