"Of course, I could have changed. Obviously, I didn’t want to. I stand by that."

"They can enforce their rules, that's fine by me [...] my response is that fine, then I'm out, like, fuck you."

"I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person."

"I love the game, and I love to compete, but I am not obsessed with the struggle."

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

"I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games."

"He played the Berlin, I played the most solid line, yada yada yada, let's go to the doping control."

"The best way to deal with losing is not to lose."

"I think in general the future of classical chess as it is now is a little bit dubious. I would love to see more Fisch…"

"I'm certainly somebody who hopes for more 960 in classical format because I feel like 960 is not that suited to rapid…"