One of the tournament favourites is GM Teimour Radjabov. For a long time, Temour has been in the chess limelight as one of the world's top players.

In this interview, Teimour speaks frankly and openly and gives his views on a number of hot topics in the chess world today.

We publish this long interview in two sections, on the day Teimour scored a victory against French star GM Etienne Bacrot.