It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Chess is life.
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.
I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.
Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.
I'm a pretty good chess player.
Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course, chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have a very strong nervous system, and then you must be well prepared; you must be able to work a lot.
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
Chess is mental torture.
Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!