C-Squared Podcast 6v381z

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TEAM CARUANA CANDIDATES '24 LIMITED EDITION: https://c-squared.shop/collection/new-drops/ Episode was filmed on March 4th, 2024 00:00 Intro 01:18 Candidates Drama 11:34 Semi finals of Team Chess Battle 29:15 Waiting for Finals 37:39 Limited Edition Merch

GET YOUR MERCH NOW👕 https://c-squared.shop/ The boys react to the St. Louis Chess Club issuing a one year ban for GM Hans Niemann, after the former was accused of vandalizing a hotel room during the 2023 US Championship. Fabi recounts a recent story of a late night chess party, and more! 00:00 Intro 00:30 Fabi Gets A Haircut 08:45 Secret Event In 13:39 Freestyle Chess 17:00 The GOAT Debate is Back 18:35 The Tournament 23:44 Hans VS STL Chess Club Drama 44:14 Open Chess Tournaments 51:51 India No.1 52:15 Hans YouTube Journey

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C-Squared Merch Now Available👕 https://c-squared.shop/ 00:00 Intro 00:26 Freestyle Chess 03:34 Tata Steel Chess 10:50 Crazy Round 12 18:30 Who's India's #1 20:50 Close Rating Range at the Top 21:37 Wei Yi is Back 24:24 What's Happening With Ding? 26:10 Why Chinese players Retire Early 28:22 Tata Steel Chess Tiebreaks 33:50 Old Memories 35:10 New Generation of Chess Players 41:00 Cheating Discussion for the one last time

The boys react to @Hikaru's reaction to Fabi's cheating analysis during his latest interview with Greg Mustreader . GET MERCH AND SHOW YOUR LOVE 👕 https://c-squared.shop/ Fabi's Interview with Greg Mustreader▶️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMPYFf1iLo&t=151s Hikaru's Reaction ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0VsS0viu7I&t=6s ▶️PLAY WITH US : https://go.chess.com/csqpod Chat with US▶️DISCORD : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr ▶️TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod ▶️CLIPS CHANNEL 🎞️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila #chess #fabianocaruana #cristianchirila #magnuscarlsen #hikarunakamura #chesspodcast #gothamchess #chessopenings #queensgambit #cheating #chesscheating

The boys are back with their first podcast of 2024! We discuss the first Candidates training camp, Tata Steel, recent cheating development, and much more! If you want to the channel, the easiest way is to subscribe and turn on the post notifications. The second best is to tell everybody you know where the best discussions in chess happen! Ready to show your C-Squared LOVE? 👕 https://c-squared.shop/ ▶️PLAY WITH US : https://go.chess.com/csqpod Chat with US▶️DISCORD : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr ▶️TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod ▶️CLIPS CHANNEL 🎞️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila 00:00 Intro 00:55 Happy new year 02:02 Rapid and Blitz 04:31 Chess drama - double forfeit 06:13 Chess drama - clock malfunction 12:44 Candidates Preparation 19:20 2016 Candidates Training Camp 21:41 2018 Candidates Training Camp 25:43 Handling a team of seconds 29:49 Hans-Fabi-Hikaru drama 34:54 Training Protocols in Chess VS Other Sports 38:24 Money in chess after winning 43:22 Tata steel masters - Ju Wenjun 46:17 Max Warmerdam 47:49 Young players 51:42 Ding Liren performance 57:26 Marc Andria 59:37 Divya Deshmukh 1:02:23 Hans Moke 1:03:53 Cheating in chess

The boys caught up with the great Maxime Vachier-Lagrave while in Toronto, and took a deep dive look into his major episodes of his life and chess career, the infamous Feller cheating scandal, his motivation going into 2024, and much more! 👕 GET YOUR MERCH : https://c-squared.shop/ ▶️PLAY WITH US : https://go.chess.com/csqpod ▶️DISCORD : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr ▶️TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod ▶️CLIPS CHANNEL 🎞️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila 00:00 intro 01:06 CCT Tournament 02:15 Format of CCT 10:40 Wesley So 12:16 Armageddon 15:23 MVL talks about his fast play 16:06 Famous game against Ian 18:06 MVL dominant score 13:10 2021 World Champion 25:05 Will classical game survive in future? 28:46 how did life change after becoming a champion? 30:06 Having a good poker face 31:20 Hikaru has the worst poker face 32:36 Magnus curses in Norwegian 33:53 Wesley and Leinier fight club moment 34:31 Chess players nerves 39:06 how to bounce back 40:53 COVID 43:35 Speed Chess Championship 45:03 The SCC BEAST 45:29 Online Speed Chess vs OTB Speed Chess 46:27 When did you start playing chess? 48:51 Playing bullet with touchpad 49:38 French team 51:19 Olympiad 2022 India 53:38 Alireza 54:32 how important is the captain? 57:51 Marc'Andria Maurizzi 58:48 FRA Chess Team 1:00:17 How is your motivation level? 1:05:32 1:13:53 choice of opening 1:17:27 Decreasing attention span in chess 1:19:06 College 1:24:45 Major Olympiad cheating case 1:31:06 Spectators in chess 1:35:05 Cheating in online chess

The boys caught up with @JamesCantyIII while in Toronto, and had a deep dive look into Canty's life as a chess professional. We talked about his upbringing in Detroit, finding chess at an early age, and being able to turn his ion into a full time job. Enjoy! 👕 GET YOUR MERCH : https://c-squared.shop/ ▶️PLAY WITH US : https://go.chess.com/csqpod ▶️DISCORD : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr ▶️TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod ▶️CLIPS CHANNEL 🎞️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila 00:00 Intro 01:25 James Childhood 04:44 Cool Chess Guy of the school 6:01 Fabi was little but VERY STRONG 08:07 Maurice Ashley as a mentor 10:59 Bringing fun to chess 15:02 Sponsors 19:47 Have You Always Been Business minded? 25:59 Early streaming days 29:10 New chessable course 33:05 Hikaru Nakamura 35:42 Favourite part of chess 38:38 how do you deal with failures? 41:49 Chess is the most written about subject 42:33 Do you still read chess books? 44:15 Flow state in chess 46:16 Endgames 49:39 Commentary, Playing or Streaming? 57:42 No more 9-5 58:44 James as a mentor

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▶️10% OFF MERCH CODE "CHAMP10" : https://c-squared.shop/ ▶️PLAY WITH US : https://go.chess.com/csqpod ▶️DISCORD : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr ▶️TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod ▶️CLIPS CHANNEL 🎞️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips Check Kasparov Chess Foundation's New Academy and at https://www.kcfacademy.org/news/registration-is-open/ Music ▶️'The Rise' (from 'Monomyth') [Epic Orchestral CC-BY] by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila 00:00 intro 00:31 Rona "Garry, I feel sorry for you." 02:59 Emotions in chess 09:50 Why was Garry so dominant for decades? 14:39 Garry's leaked database 20:28 working with computers 23:32 how much do you trust the engine? 27:37 how does Fabi deals with dependency on engines? 30:37 Garry as a coach to Magnus 45:11 Garry as a coach to Hikaru 50:20 Author 54:54 Why did Magnus did not defend the title? 58:13 Garry as an organizer 1:04:10 how do you feel about playing chess these days?

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♟️Come Play With Us! https://go.chess.com/csqpod Reach Fabi & Cristian directly on Discord: https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod CLIPS CHANNEL 🎞️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila Time Stamps: 00:00 Intro 00:10 FIDE Grand Swiss discussion 03:07 Fabi's decision to play the GrandSwiss 08:16 Why a coach is important during competition 13:36 game analysis 21:17 game against Hikaru 27:43 game against Keymer 30:19 Vidit Gujrathi 32:42 Alireza 41:15 Erigaisi 44:18 Sindarov 45:14 Fabi's rant 50:13 will Magnus play candidates? 51:52 Ding's health issues 53:56 Rapid and blitz during Christmas 1:06:07 How does Fabi gets ready for tournament? 1:08:49 Cristian first jiujitsu competition 1:11:49 outro

The youngest grandmaster in chess history s us for an intriguing discussion about his journey, including traveling during the pandemic to reach his goals, future plans, lack of sponsorships in chess, and more. Enjoy, and don't forget to please the Youtube gods by subscribing and spreading the word. Cheers! Episode was filmed on 10.19.2023 Our Discord is popping, the conversation here: https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr Want to improve your chess?♟️Come Play With Us! https://go.chess.com/csqpod TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod CLIPS CHANNEL 🎞️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila

The Isle Of Man Grand Swiss has finally started. The boys get talking about Kramnik's new blog, the difficulties of getting to Isle Of Man, and the fight for the last candidate spots. Enjoy! The episode was filmed on 10.24.2023

The boys talked to WGM Carissa Yip after she became the 2023 US Women's Champion. She shares her impressions of the event, similarities with Fabiano's championship journey, collegiate chess, beating a Grandmaster at 10, and more! The episode was filmed on 10.18.2023 our zone and get access to special perks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQWKH5DiO9_gBAQWQAaBnow/ Want to improve your chess?♟️Come Play With Us! https://go.chess.com/csqpod CHAT ON DISCORD: https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod CLIPS CHANNEL 🎞️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila

Crucial round coming up at the US Chess Championship, while Magnus starts a big cheating drama at the Qatar Masters. The boys discuss everything! The episode was filmed on 10.14.2023, better late than never!

The US Championship has just started and the boys are shamelessly promoting Fabiano’s new chessable course (which is not out yet), and the c-squared new website…they also talk the us championship, world juniors, Hans, and more. Enjoy!