Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

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

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.

I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.