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 had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster.”
“All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.”