Do you consider yourself 16th or 20th World Chess Champion?
What would you like to ask Magnus Carlsen?
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The world chess champion is perhaps the ideal world wide ambassador for the game. Do you have any thoughts or plans about how you might promote the game, particularly among young people?
Which other/new goals motivate you now that you achieved the world championship title?
Now that the 2013 WC cycle is finished, what are your thoughts on the best formats for determining the WC? What are some alternatives to the tournament-qualifier-followed-by-short-match process that you believe are most worth investigating?
How do you train and which type of training do you suggest in intermidiate - advanced players ?
He already revealed that Hammer was his only second.
How important to the future of chess are big events like the World Championship?
Nov 25, 2013
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Will you become involved in major social/political issues, or will the popularity you gained from chess be entirely self-serving?
Congratulations on winning the WCC. Looking back on your career and Vishwanathan Anand's career what personal observations do you have about Mr. Anand as a person and his contributions to chess? as you usher in a new era and a new generation of chess.
Was Beverly Oliver really the Babushka Lady?
Nov 25, 2013
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How do you compare yourself to Bobby Fischer in promoting chess after winning the world championship? Fischer made chess looks cool when he won it in 1972. Now that you gained the attention from the whole world, what do you have in mind to popularize the game?
Are you gonna try to beat Kasparov's record, stay #1 for 20 years ? How do you think he could do that ?
Who is your chess idol? Who is the toughest opponent that you have faced in your chess career?
How would you describe yourself as a player?
Do you believe in natural talent or hard work? What would be your next step as a world champion? Have you ever been in love?
You produce brilliant tactical possibilities during a game in drawish positions, as is evident in your last wcc match against Anand in which you were able to win even from almost equal positions. It's really impressive, so is the tactical calculation results of your practice or is it a Houdini trick up your sleeve which helps you in different complex tactical positions?
How do you see yourself compared to Bobby Fischer?