Who is this man? Well, in an interview done by the German newspaper "Berliner Zeitung" he's Levon Aronian - Master of Conversational Confusion.

I've seen interviews with him before that seemed to wander off on tangents but my first impression was that he was nervous. However, given his outspokenness in this current interview I think the jury should still deliberate.

Case in point ... what exactly is his opinion of women in chess?

"women are generally much too emotional for chess"

"the best chess players are the most emotional ones."

Maybe I'm just really unclever but I fail to see the point. In the article he also proclaims chess as closer to art than logic. Given his contradictory statements I'd deny that I was logical too. What you're hearing from Aronian seems to be an eccentric opinion.

Chess is full of interesting characters and Aronian is currently topping the crazy chessplayer chart.

Anand could only hold a draw against Ivanchuk. Carlsen takes a bite out of Aronian.

Aronian,L (2737) - Carlsen,M (2775) [A32]
Grand Slam Final Bilbao ESP (1), 02.09.2008
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.g3 Bb4+ 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.Nc2 Be7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Rb8 10.Ne4 b5 11.cxb5 Rxb5 12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Bb7 14.Na3 Rb6 15.Be3 Rxb2 16.Bc5 Re8 17.Rab1 Rxb1 18.Rxb1 Ba6 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.Rxb5 Qc8 21.a4 h6 22.Ba3 Qa6 23.Bb2 Qxa4 24.Bxc6 dxc6 25.Rb4 Qa5 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rg4+ Kh7 28.Qxc6 Rd8 29.Qc2+ f5 30.Ra4 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Rd1 32.Qc7 Kg6 33.Kf3 Qh1+ 34.Ke3 Ra1 35.Qc2 Rxa4 36.Qxa4 Qc1+ 37.Kf3 Qc3+ 38.Kg2 a5 39.g4 Qe5 40.gxf5+ Kxf5 41.Qe8 Kg6 42.Qf8 a4 43.e3 Qe4+ 44.Kg3 Qd3 45.h4 a3 46.Kh2 Qf5 47.Qxa3 Qxf2+ 48.Kh3 Qf3+ 49.Kh2 Kh5 50.Qf8 Qf2+ 51.Kh1 Kg4 0-1