Congrats you completely missed the joke. Obviously player from past is someone from a previous era. 3-4 years ago is the present. Magnus is making fun of his own decline without taking the question seriously at all

@@imwahyou2 He has always said that he doesn't have a favorite player. He's been asked this question many times inthe past and has always replied the same. And he has also stated before that his peak performance was him a few years ago. He is being serious. Congrats, you know nothing about Magnus Carlsen. Happy New Year, chum.

@@epictetusofhierapolis4461 lol ok. If that's true it's pretty weird. Happy new year

@@epictetusofhierapolis4461 bri'ish chum

@@nikke8410 just wet myself laughing, such an unexpected response hahahahaha

And he is probably right. I wouldn't know a better player than Magnus (or that would be a computer).

Hahahahaha, the peasants... that one really made me laugh.

@@jansnauwaert1785 but bro the question is ur favorite.. he named the best player , fabi rather said fischer because of fischers journey ,

Two things "bro": first, Magnus said he agreed with Fabiano and hadn't much to add. Next, he (Magnus) said that his favorite player was himself some 3 years earlier. Makes it funny, but he probably was totally honest. So, that would roughly make 2 favorite players for Magnus.

He meant it in a funny self-deprecating way. Like he is in the decline now and was better before. He doesn't believe that of course but that was the joke

pfff wait for Magnus 28

He is still the best

@@user-ql3fr7lh8s you must be the smart one in the family

"Im about to end this man's whole career" -Magnus 28

Magnuses refurbished every year

this needs more likes hahahhah

He's omniscient

As in, Magnus clone #13?

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I really don't understand why thos people laughed at it... Like, this a very smart point

Aquinas would agree with Carlsen

Not a great quote to live by

He loves his Gf 😂 so he definitely admires some ONE 😂

​@@cortesenxadristicos I think it have different connotations through languages. The literaly translation in spanish sounds very noble and meritocratic while in english it could be interpreted as something very rude like "I don't care about anyone as human beings just of what they are capable of pulling off". Really believe this was the case for magnus and why part of the public began to laugh

monkaS

Fabiano, when he's not speaking, always has a 👁️👄👁️ expression.

Fabianos second camera shot was in your moms room

@@grievous5243 wow! that was really rude an unnecessary, If you have said that on my face you would be on hospital my friend, be careful

@@pakiaoo7 I go to the gym just like you bozo

Yeah, it's a slippery slope

nah it is not practical. Every achievement u admire would have been done by some player so u can't just "admire the achievement and not the player". For example it would be really stupid if someone idolized and admired E=mc^2 but did not admire einstein considering he is the one who came up with it... Achievements are not separate from the people who make them real

@@KARTIKEYA007 admiring and idolising are two different things

@@facemelter2277 my comment is for both

@@KARTIKEYA007 I’m not sure it applies to both though. Idolising someone is a very different thing to admiring someone in my view

Yeah he actually did! He considered himself both the best and most talented player

Yep

@@Eldor503 I mean he was the best and most talented player of his time

No need for speculating, they asked Bobby this question all the time, lol. He would usually say "yeah" quickly and somewhat shyly when someone asked if he was the best player alive. He got really uncomfortable when people asked him if he was the best that ever played. He would deliberately change the subject or say that he had the highest FIDE rating but wouldn't dwell on it.

Sure he was shy indeed. When 'people asked "who is the strongest chess player, you or Karpov?" He just went away forever 😏😂😂 Just a little joke, don't kill me guys!

It was a self deprecation joke/ self centered Schrodinger's statement lol.

It's funny cuz this video is dated 2018 and after that, he just went into an unbeatable streak of 110 games I think, and won pretty much everything in 2019!!

@@rocchirodrigo yes

True . Now he is just an average g.m

@@ayammusic7719 an average World Champion you mean? I sense Hikaru's fanboys far away, love that saltiness!!!

Hard work alone can't get you the results Magnus has achieved. He was born lucky and the divide between his subconscious and conscious mind is thinner than normal and he can use this to his advantage in terms of memory and raw computing power. People are praising him for being cocky and not acknowledging the greats that came before him, which is odd to me. He was born with a gift, sure he developed it, but to then be cocky about it is obviously his choice, but I don't think it's something to cheer and clap for imo but I guess you can get away with a lot when you're good

@@gokublack4832 talent is important but without training and developing it is just potential

@@gokublack4832he’s not being arrogant, he’s being confident

​@@gokublack4832That's some shit-load of unicorn puke that you've just typed.

@@dreamxxx333mmm2 Yes, but natural intelligence comes into play and gives a specific threshold. If you're naturally slower in terms of cognitive/perceptual intelligence, you'll never reach first place, but maybe a decent ranking.

No garry kasparov has highest rating ever

@Bot AtChess are we talking about money?

@Bot AtChess Plus, people should keep in mind that Fisher didn't have all this crazy technology at his disposal. Just books, and nothing else. And Paul Morphy didn't have even that. Maybe a book or two and that's it. So, it's really not fair to compare geniuses of different eras. Time machine could help, but until then...

Fischer had the highest rating gap between n1 and n2 than any player in history with 121 points, it is important to talk about this not about the actual rating. The best player in the newest era will almost always having the highest rating of all time. But just as magnus said discussing the goat of all time, rating gap between n1 and n2 is important and Fischer has 121 points in a era of Mikhail Tal, Petrosian, spassky, geller, larsen, keres, benko and many more. 2781 in 1972 is probably 2900-2950 today or even more. Fischer had a higher rating than Anand, Karpov had in 1980, 1990, and the 2000s, even with the inflation

@Raidri Conchobair lmao JAJAKAKA

...and memory :-)

you know something similar was written for sherlock holmes, the day he became detective the world lost a brilliant actor and chemist or something like that

“I’m not a genius at chess, I’m a genius who happened to play chess” -Bobby Fischer

​@@ploopybearthe reallity says the oposite

He's also a really good fantasy sports player, and a poker player.

@ He just laughed hard, also a bit embarrassed, as he would have never said it himself according to his personality!

@@andreadiotallevi5780 lol funny!

@@andreadiotallevi5780 Who?

@@suhaylmuminov3825 Fabiano

@@andreadiotallevi5780 Ah yes, thanks

if you think he is being serious, then you missed the joke.

Im sure he is being serious. Ofc it's a joke in a way but he meant that and got suprised when everyone else started laughing

@@JOSEPH-vs2gc if you think hes joking,youre probably not a huge chess fan or arent familiar with magnus. If magnus said that hikaru 2015 was his fave,that would obviously be a joke. But magnus oicked himself from 2013-14,he was incredible during that period. He won the world championship in 2013 and got the highest elo rating ever the next year. He was a complete player,played some brilliant chess. Why does this seem like a joke answer?

@@niranjanrajesh1058 ok then, that's autistic sounding answer from magnus taken as a joke by the audience. happy now? I still think he was messing around by saying it but frankly i don't care, so you can respond but i don't really care.

And he's 100% right

Nobody presumed he was being arrogant, who are you writing this to? Sounds like you think you can read the majority's mind

@@chimpalahee lol chill

@@chimpalahee chill bro. That’s objectively a hell of an arrogant sounding comment from Magnus, which you have to have a reason to consider otherwise.

This is from 2018 and he ended up winning over 100 games straight after this lol. He was unbeatable in 2019.

@@chimpalahee because he was right,magnus' answer shows his ego,fischer was better that he once said his favoirite player was paul morphy

Kayak e bukan arogan deh. Lebih ke merendah karena dia ngerasa titik puncaknya lewat. Still, Magnus is the God of Chess....

Difference is Zlatan is world class but not the best, Magnus is the best.

Zlatan? Hahaha.

zlatan was never close to the level of magnus is in his sport. he was never the best player for even a single year, let alone the best ever possibly.

Zlatan actually invented the chess 500 years ago ..

True

you learn that from kise (kuroko no basket), right?

but at this rate nobody can beat him tho😅

@@KeannuArroyo He might even retire with the title

@@tuanthanhnguyen7409 Well... turns out he did. early retirement

He said himself from 3-4 years ago

Same as Ronaldo says he is the best..

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@@asadgautam4613 But the difference is Ronaldo isn't even the world's best player

He read ur mind😅😅

humility¿????

Bro literally said he's his own favorite player and you talking about "humility" 💀

Right! He's said to be a cross between Fisher and Karpov as a chess player and that surely is a deadly combination.

I think Fischer in 1970-1972 was better than carlsen. Highest rating gap between n1 and n2 with 120 points in history, official chess record. Magnus had 60 points as most. 20 win streak, 6-0, 6-0 and 6-2,5 against former WC and 2 top players, imagine ir Carlsen won for example 6-0 vs Giri/Nepo and then 6-0 vs Maxime/Grischuk and then 6-2,5 vs Kramnik. And then beating Spassky being down 0-2. Also Fischers rating of 2781 in 1972 would be around 2900-2950 today with the inflation. Fischer had a higher rating in 1972 than Karpov had 30yrs later and what anand had 40yrs later, still had higher with rating inflation. I think Carlsen has many feats by his own, as being n1 at 19 yrs old. Longest undefeated streak in history, defended his WC crown 2 times, winning almost every big tournament every year, having highest rating of all time(but this is probably irrelevant, the best player in any era that will come will almost always having the highest rating of all time due to rating inflation). In the end its hard to compare eras, both magnus, fischer and kasparov was the best in their own eras. But for me Fischer is the best player in his prime of all time, while kasparov had the greatest career due to his long reign, and magnus probably taking over kasparovs spot in a couple of years.

​@@sebastianjosefsson3620 The sport was less competitive in the 70's though, i highly doubt Fischer would have that kind of gap today. Doesn't make sense to just predict he would have the same point gap today as back then. Magnus in his prime would probably beat prime Fischer, but then again if Fischer was playing today he probably would have been better than he was back then as well.

@an_il_ If Fischer was better than the best Russian player, then obviously also better than all the other chess players. Even if they gather and work together, he would still be better since he is better than the best of them (quite logical, right?). Besides, Spassky had his own tactics and own way of playing and input from outside/other players would just distract him too much from his playing. And there are many other things to consider. Please think thoroughly before you say something.

@@alvinbernstein1045 But being better than the Russian was no easy task. The Russians were feeded with tons of resources including money while Bobby was by himself. All in all it's the Russian that had the high ground. Chess has evolved so much thanks to engine that the later generation sees the competition back then was not that competitive. But in reality they had their fair share of competition.

That's not true, we should idolize people. Idolizing qualities is arrogance. If you say so, then you shouldn't idolize Jesus but his qualities.

But how do you idolize people? You just idolize some quality of them, no matter what.

​@@Zack-l6c I can't agree. Perfect example is Fischer here given by Caruana. We should all admire his incredible chess abilities and genius, but as a person, he wasn't that great. Plenty of incredible people who aren't really decent human beings.

​@@mysticalmagic9259 that's the point he doesn't idiolize the person rather his play

@@jarifshadman1614 Read the comment of the person to whom I was replying

no one cares about strikearu

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@@haakonhamer9122 Because he literally don't care...

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*Anyone who isn't?

The one guy who liked the comment pls comment too

Done with the homework lol

Sure did! Levy is great! He is my favorite player. In terms of how great he is at explaining stuff in very entertaining content!

I think you're the only one that got it

you went deep

Right

well for others its usually not true

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