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All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

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!

My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically, I am always focused on playing the game, and this is important to me.

I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world and current affairs. I also have many friends around the world with whom I like to keep in touch.

Chess is life.

I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books.