 Hikaru a nice win with the black pieces an attacking aggressive game seemed like very much your style your thoughts Yeah, it was an interesting game I think my opponent was a little bit too tentative. He wasn't sure what he was doing in the opening and He was completely fine, but I think he just optically thought he was getting into some trouble And once once he played this f4 move. I mean once I got this b5 and b6 I think positionally was just very very difficult from to play I think probably still had some resources, but he didn't find them in that moment I mean basically within like three moves. It just went from being like maybe slightly worse just being lost And I I'm sure he had better better options, but he couldn't find them over the board So the rest was pretty much a smooth sailing. So it's quite nice You were playing for over seven and a half hours yesterday against Valenzina Gunina. How do you? Recover after that What what is it that you did right after because you were both if you were here till 11 o'clock at night? Yeah, I mean fortunately I had some food in my room. So I was able to eat some dinner I mean, I think there's this other game in like Dortmund I think 2011 or something against Meyer, which was some insane like 140 move game as well Which went like eight hours the difference being that in that that game when I when I drew that came after eight hours I like I was able to or I was not able to get food I basically just went to my room and slept whereas last night at least I had some food So yeah, I mean it was a very interesting game I think the main takeaways that Rooks are just like terrible pieces because I had I had some other Rooks against Queen and game against Fabiana, which also I think the Rooks were supposed to be better And then Fabiana drew it very easily and yesterday as well Was was very long and probably I wasn't winning until the very end. So I mean it was just one of those days yesterday Three out of three Exactly what you were hoping for you couldn't be happier. Yeah, I think three out of three is good But again, there's seven more rounds. I think it's a long tournament I've already played one very long game and there are no rest days. So well, we'll see but Many more to go and of course, I haven't played any of the top top dogs yet So it's it's far from over a hundred percent score, but are you happy with the quality of the games? Pretty much. I mean yesterday was very up and down But but yeah, I think overall I've played pretty well. So it's it's a good start to the new year I'm pleased now you have been three times champion in a row at the Gibraltar Chess Festival Are you looking for your fourth title this time? Well, I think it's my fifth. I actually I won one another time Yeah, I know but I mean I've won this tournament four times because I won in 2000 and like eight or nine or whatever It was sometimes million years ago But yeah, I mean again, it's very strong tournaments very early and all three years that I won I think I was in a tie break or maybe the first year I wasn't but the last was in a tie break So again, you know, it's it's way too early to be thinking about winning the event Certainly three out of three is great But you know, I'm not even having any of those delusions of grandeur yet And you are taught on having another one of your colleagues love our onion playing here for the second time But the first time he played was in 2005 so after a big gap. Yeah, I mean, I think the funny thing is in 2005 We actually played here. I think we played this this Marshall gambit game which ended in a draw So I think every year there's someone different who comes I think last year it was Vichy Oh, sorry, Vichy was two years ago. Okay, I'm losing my mind Yeah, but it's always someone different every year So I think it's quite interesting to see how the other top guys do against against slightly weaker opponents in an open field I mean, it seems I guess the only guaranteed player here is Maxime. He seems to be here every year as well But certainly it's nice to see more of the top players coming and seeing a bit of variety as well Absolutely, and my last question is now when you play these top guys in a closed tournament The psychology is totally different. How is it in an open tournament if you play against Maxime or Lev? Let's say compared to if you play them in a GCT tournament, I don't think it makes a difference I mean, I think the I mean, what's what's the saying? It's like just win, baby I think that's basically all that matters. So you just have to win. All right. We love that attitude Thank you for taking our time and good luck. Thank you