Of course, you feel good to play in a familiar environment. I enjoyed Delhi 2000 a lot. But the advantage doesn’t work during a game. There, only the moves count.

Sometimes an opponent stops breathing, and you realise something drastic has happened and they are trying not to let on. Or they go quiet, or they get fidgety. After a while you pick these things...

He conducted the attack quite well and I had an unpleasant position despite the extra pawn. Alexander just played better than me today.

If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.

The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics – if you can find links between different branches of mathematics, it...

For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.

A win is a win, which is about that particular moment.