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I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

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 really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.

The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [ ... ] Today's game was provided by Garry.

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.

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

I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.

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

I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.

My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.

It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.

Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.

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

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

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

I played like a child.

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.

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

I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.

If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

I'm not really into rap.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.