Fabi is so balanced and a thinker with such finesse. Staying quite humble. We are grateful to have access to him and to his thoughts these days.

Hey C-Squared, im the author of the article you mention at 41:22! Thank you for your insights :) I would love to discuss alternatives to my analysis or to collaborate. Please reach out to me if you would be willing to help me to run better analyses. Again, Thanks for the calm and rational response.

I've always loved Fabi, there is absolutely no BS in that dude, just says it how it is lol. Cristian and him do a great pod. 😍😍

“There are a lot of goats. Some are bound to be kind.” - Fabiano Caruana please consider this my official request for goat merch. tysm. 🐐

I think it's great to hear Christian's insights about teaching chess and teaching in general. At 26:18, spoken like an experienced teacher lol

Damn amazing talk by Fabi… amidst all these people talking about maths, statistics, throwing accusations or defenses thinking they’ve proven whatever they think they did… Fabi with the real talk explaining why it’s all meaningless.

I'm really grateful that fabi addressed the issue on everyone's mind. Goats are important #goatslivesmatter

Kramnik can't have it both ways. He definitely accused Hikaru.

31:16 “In general I follow all games that happen.” Absolute machine

Fabi has a cat??? they need to include the cat more. cat cam, cat video outro, cat pics. all of it!!!

The goat conversation had me rolling lmao. Excellent episode today, boys!

Fabi's calculations outside of chess ( opinions on most any topic ) are always intelligent and well thought out, yet fraught with massive doses of good common sense. Good good luck in the candidates Fabi!

Fabi has such good measure in everything, i simply love the way he deals with scandals, the way in which he does not add fuel to the fire, but tempers the waves, brings logic and good sense thinking byt jugjding events in perspective, by not accusing individuals, rather analysing probabilities, verifiable data etc. Love him.

The coaching / improvement conversation was extremely interesting (despite being unplanned!!). Fabi's observation that you need a coach who cares at least a little bit about how you do was very astute (a lot simply don't care at all, sadly).

Congratulations, Fabi! Excited for the coming year for you!

It would be great to see a chessboard on screen when you're speaking in chess notation. Most of us lowly circa 1500s struggle to understand it (but want to), especially where you mention moves which were midway through a game

A seriously crushing defeat: In November, 1896 to January, 1897 Steinitz played a return match with Lasker in Moscow, but won only 2 games, drawing 5, and losing 10.[42] This was the last world chess championship match for eleven years. Shortly after the match, Steinitz had a mental breakdown and was confined for 40 days in a Moscow sanatorium, where he played chess with the inmates.

Fabi congrats on stupendous year. 🎉

I am so happy about the goat talk at the end. "Goats are kind" Fabiano Caruano Put that on a shirt please!

I think most people agree that Danya is clean and he's one of the guys that gets the strongest from online and in shorter time control. It looks like Fabi is the other way around. If we got Danya and Fabi to play a ton of games from 10+2 over the board to 1+1 online or however low Fabi wants to go I think we would see that the players' strength can vary a lot depending on the circumstances

Fabi would make a great world champ.

"I don't know if they're kind, but there's a lot of goats. Some are bound to be kind, some live in the mountain and they're probably more aggressive" I died

You can tell these guys get along and have a wicked sense of dry humor. I would love to hear more of that in the podcasts but maybe not everyone picks up on it. Still the best chess content around tho.

Close down the aperture a couple stops, set the camera to manual focus on the art in the middle of the table, ensure that your face is in focus (closing the aperture as needed). Focus breathing constantly is hard to watch. The audio is always very good, and no clipping!

That entire last convo about goats needs clipped! Put that on T-Shirt.

Love how Fabi just knows Hikaru cheating is impossible. I laughed so hard when Cristian said "we'll see how the situation develops" and Fabi just says "nothing will develop" 😂😂

It's refreshing to finally hear intelligent discussion about cheating. The constant implications or accusations without proof have gotten old.

more conversations about goats please XD

Fabi if Uzbekistan chess federation takes care of your trip will you come?

I could listen to Fabi all day long. I hope he wins it all in 2024. Kick ass & take names. HE SHOOK UP THE WORLD! HE SHOOK UP THE WORLD!!!

Talking goat kindness was quite the left turn into the bushes... Haha

1:10:00 fabi's mildly autistic brand of humor was the GOAT conversation we all needed

Will be saving this for my long ride home from work

I've been stuck around 1800 to 1900 hundred level with no coaching just KZfaq and watching the GMs play.. chess is still so much fun for me

Best chess channel ever! Keep it up guys!

That bantering about goats at the end is the content we came for

Loved the Candidates qualification chat - yes the system is clearly broken and game-able, but it's gonna make for a fun month for the rest of us

It’s interesting the discussion about private lessons and coaching in chess and how it’s priced differently around the world. I feel this is the same in jiu jitsu where it seems people are willing to pay significantly more in the US compared to Australia or Asia.

Actually, I remember playing Leinier Dominguez on line few years ago, when he had 2335 blitz rating, at that time I had roughly the same rating; I lost the game, I played black, I choose the Shveshnikov variation. Obviously he was underrated.

Awesome merch!! I really like it. Are you guys going to release your own designer chess sets? I would love to order

Was Steinitz vs Zukertort what you were mentioning (first "official" world championship) 1886?

In my European town in the 90s, there was 1 IM, and that's the best we've got. A major difficulty back then wasn't just books, but opponents: Playing an Im is like playing against a wall until you are over 2000, but if you get to, say, 1800, games against the most casual players were also just pointless, as they'd drop a piece every other move. Playing computers didn't help either, as they inhumane, and their biggest value was just punishing you for tactical mistakes. Just the availability of appropriately leveled opponents, day and night, Was a huge deal, even without coaching.

Best analysis to the hikaru kramnik situation so far

Congratulations on a great year and the return to 2800! Here’s hopes you can continue the momentum well into next year!

Bruce Pandolfini looks more like weird Al Yankovic than Ben Kingsley. Congrats to Fabi at the Sinquefield!

Kudos for the material the shirts are made of. Circular/organic is super comfortable/ethical.

You are the only ones who adressed the full issue about Goats. These guys are great!

the conversation at the end on goats, i was sitting here like " wtf am i listening to lol" most random conversation ever from two chess goofballs

Last time I was this early, Fabi was a WCC challenger. Fabi 2024!

I love this episode folks. I hope you talk about improving chess, coaching, approach to getting better. I hope you do this more often. By the way congrats to Fabi, he will be hopefully next world campion!

“Don’t have a lot of things to talk about”, *proceeds to talk for 1 hour and 16min lool (im very glad for that tho)

FYI, If you meet a goat on a farm, they can be very friendly. Sometimes they like to play games with head-butting your hand, for example.

The problem with Wesley nowadays is he is no longer interested in the Candidates/WC and only plays for money.

18:20. I think good teachers like to see their students improve and ‘get’ it. In that sense it is very important that they care. And you should expect that from them.

That moment when both discuss Merch “-I think that Goats are important. Why are they important ? Well, they are numerous, first. And they are kind creatures. Do we know that they are kind ?” Never before two great chess players looked like serial killers that much 😂😂😂😂😂

Dying at Fabi's speculations about friendly and kind goats 😂

Regarding the statistics of cheating there are three very important things to keep in mind: - Distinguish the population level from a potential group of cheaters. Proving that rating is consistent in the population does not show there are no cheaters. These are two completely different questions and even if there were hundreds of notorious cheaters, they would probably not skew the population level statistics by a lot. - Avoid cherry picking at all costs. Given a large enough sample (online chess is huge), outliers that look crazy are bound to happen just by the sheer volume of the data. If you do not account for the full data when making the case for an outlier to be unlikely, your case is useless. - You can not "play with the numbers and prove everything". The numbers are neutral to what you try to prove. Some people have just mastered lying with statistics (even to themselves). Statistics is hard, even for the smartest people. But it can be increadibly helpful. On another key point I agree with Fabi: We should focus on preventing cheating, not on trying to call out individuals. Fight the bad behavior, not the people. (That is not to say that there shouldn't be consequences if someone is actually caught with clear evidence).

Fabi's hair is so epic.

can't wait to get my merch, thanks guys for featuring cats on them

So many brilliant points from Fabi 👏

One of these days professional chess is gonna self-implode because every top player is suspicious of everyone. Just the past year has been crazy considering how many top players have accused other players of cheating. And chess organisers are too slow or unwilling to prevent and deal with cheating in a serious way (which obviously does happen)

Correction on timestamps - 54:13 - Candidates Race Discussion

Candidates qualifications are not only complicated for players but for us fans trying to follow the action. Wish FIDE would stop self sabotaging.

Fabi & his archaeic jacket

54:45 Careful! Fabi is logging in in front of the camera. Password may have been exposed!

Every day we get a new pod ep makes that day even better!

I have enjoyed playing chess U2000, but feel a bit inadequate watching a 2800 player chat!

26:10 _"You can't affect their motivation"_ Absolutely you can. Especially if they're young. You have to be very conscious of what you say and how you say it.

I fully agree with Fabi: If someone consider somebody is cheating, he should address the issue privately; otherwise is ethically incorrect.

Gasped out loud when I saw you uploaded a new video, that's how happy I was 😂

It's very understandable. Fabi almost has a half a clue about how to help club players improve. "almost" .... is a bit generous.😆 But we love him!

These online Blitz games have such a rating disparity because of one simple concept: time. If you are playing 3|0 your opponent can simply move faster than you to gain a significant advantage. If you don't move fast enough you might time out, if you move too fast to keep up you might blunder. The person who moves much faster with a reasonable degree of accuracy in their moves will be far more successful than a guy who moves slower with higher accuracy. This advantage is then compounded further when you consider that a person can easily play dozens of blitz games in a single day

Great discussion. Enjoyed it.

Request: is it possible for Fabi to go through his games right after he finished? Like Draymond Green or Hikaru. That would be great content.

Really looking forward to Garry. That's going to be amazing!!!

Ding vs Fabi 🔥🔥🔥 world 🌎 chess championship coming

Hans is a lesson to all young chess players. Never cheat as it will haunt you for the rest of your career. Hans deserves as much shit as possible. He needs to be beacon of what not to do.

Brilliant episode and I watched it to the end so I listened to the GOAT discussion. GOATs have become therapy animals both for humans and other animals such as horses to help calm them.

49:01 Hikaru’s biggest achievement besides marrying Atousa

I recently did a post mortem of my last 100 games, its insane how many tactics me and my opponent missed, some tactics like removal of defender, clearance, pinning etc, i think anyone below 2200 doesnt need a coach, they will most probably tell you to read tactics,

please make goat clip separate or maybe shorts, it was random and hilarious af!!

Petition to have Eric Rosen on to discuss Goat behaviors

I 100% agree we need goat merch

Was there an Ultimate Moves after the Ceremony? I'm sure it was filmed?upload on YT?

How to teach to cheat in chess, that's what GM Chirilla had on his tongue's tip!😂 A very insightful chat about the teaching-learning process and the main aspects to master.

Love this channel ❤

Agadmator and Danial Naroditsky are they two true KZfaq Chess teachers

So Kramnik says that it wasn't an accusation -- while doubling, tripling, then quadrupling down on his supposedly unassailable math showing that Hikaru's streak was mathematically impossible. I think it is pretty safe to call him out -- the repeated insistence that the streaks were mathematically impossible make it 💯% clear that it was an accusation. (And not only that it was an accusation, but that he is absolutely sure that Hikaru's performance was not possible.)

1886 was vs Zukertort and 1896 was Lasker. Chigorin was in the middle

Fabi, you can fly to LaGuardia and visit Marshall's during layover. Grab a bite at Lava Shawarma next to Chess Forum. Easy peasy.

hahaha, I am a genius, I figured out what C^2 means. That's Caruana and Christian! Made my day. But then to be consistent, why not FC?

C-Squared. I REPEAT: Vladimir is a "newbie" in the world of statistics. He thinks he knows what he's talking about. He probably does NOT.

I understand why Hans is not being considered trustworthy, but at the same time it feels like every time the dude wins a game the butthurt opponent is immediately crying wolf. It's a really strange situation.

Question for Fabi: Given your frequent travel, what is your favorite airline, both domestically and globally?

Fabi would be an amazing trainer! I‘d absolutely love to study with him!

I like these off the cuff type videos. Way more interesting. Not much out there like this

I really appreciated what they were saying about training tactics. What's the best way or ways to do just that?

Wow, having Fabi talking so much, what a channel

Ask Garry if he signed the petition

I think a good coach, not only in chess, MUST care deeply about their student's success. For someone truly passionate about coaching, the most rewarding feeling is seeing your student succeed and grow. And your approach will completely change depending on their goals and existing skills. Probably in general though, a coach can help guide and inspire the student to work by themselves. All chess learning is ultimately self learning through solving problems, calculation and analyzing your mistakes.