Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.
Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it
For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.
In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.
I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you
Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.
I would never suggest to anyone that they drop school for chess. First of all even if you can make it in chess, your social skills need to be developed there.
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.
I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a sport in general.
