Fabi's honesty/truth-seeking is so habitual that it's easy to miss. For example, Fabi "might" have been wrong about understating Wesley's combativeness (over Wesley'' solidity). 44:03 Unlike nearly all people, Fabi doesn't try to defend his own expert opinion if new evidence shows he might be mistaken. --deepest respect for that kind of person.
The funny thing is Wesley was dubbed as an aggresive wonderkid in his early pro years, he realize he didnt solid enough and somehow overcorrected to become Wesley we know now...
@@KarlMarxBR700 Aha! And I know it! But anyway... our emotions depend on our choices. I made my life so much easier by accepting my favorites as they are.
Hi fabi and christian! Been looking forward to this episode. It was very rewarding following fabi's games in norway chess despite the tough final round. Super excited for future tournaments, and I'll always be rooting for fabi!
So amazing to have insight into these top level games. The loss to Hikaru aside, Fabiano has been looking like he is headed back to 2800 recently & I really hope that happens!
Great episode and wish Fabi to continue to play in a spectacular fashion. He is so much fun to follow when on a flow. Get back to 2800+ and he will be at Candidates 2024 for sure.
Really interesting podcast that covers a variety of topics! Keep the good work! I just wanted to share a thought about the FIDE Circuit: it seems you consider the average rating of all involved players to be decisive for the Circuit points, but I believe it's indeed the average rating of the top 8 players in the specific event that determines how many points will be available to the winner. That's why the US Championship will be among the most important tournaments in the second half of the year. I count 5 players without Nakamura above 2700 and 3 more close to 2700 (Sevian, Xiong and Robson) which can lead to around 22-24 points for victory at the end. Moreover, I see the Qatar Open as part of the chess calendar just before the Grand Swiss. Do you know whether many 2700 players will take part in it? I read that Magnus will join the field.
The conversation just started getting really interesting when they ran out of time. Fabi so modest he talked at length about his disastrous loss to Naka and barely mentioned his great wins over Magnus and Firouzja. Fabi has this curious way of talking that is very magnetic and endlessly fascination yet soothing at the same time. My only quibble is that I would prefer more chess analysis and less talk about crosstables and such.
That meltdown in the last round had to be purely mental. Similar to how Naka usually falls apart against Magnus. It felt like a thrown match in a situation Fabi had no reason to play like that.
Just one small thing... Aryan Tari's rating did not have any impact when it comes to the FIDE Circuit points on offer in Norway Chess. This is because FIDE Circuit points are based on the average rating of only the top 8 players in any tournament!! So, since Tari was the 10th highest rated player in Norway, his rating was not a part of the average. This is also why the US championship is likely to offer pretty good points, because as long as you have 8 high rated players, all the other lower rated players also participating do not affect the rating average.
Tari does not bring down the TAR for Norway. The average rating of only highest rated 8 players is counted. Same thing for US Champs. The rating of only top 8 players will count for FIDE Circuit.
I believe the players should have to spin a Wheel of Fortune, in this case Wheel of Openings, before each round, which would determine the opening they would have to use. Make the classical games less memory dependent and would surely bring Fire on the Board.
Regarding the question you asked at the end; Online cheating is RAMPANT. Average accounts per person is approximately 2, some with more, some with less. I've had many people report "The level of play is the same at 1k as it is at 2k" and honestly? It is. I've been WHOOPED by some 600-800's, and I peaked at 2075 in rapid. It's actually disgusting how BAD c.c is at catching cheaters. Please, PLEASE Fabi, show them how easy it is to "smart cheat" because they don't care about the little guys. Most of my opponents are
even if you don't need vpn the whole firewall thing and internet providers in China will make access to server outside China laggier. It does make sense to require vpn though, anything with a chat China will block, they don't want Chinese people easily talking with people outside China.
I play much much much better online than OTB. My opponent moving, shaking, shaking his leg, shaking his head, looking at me etc gets on my nerves/distracts me. Online I just play in a very relaxed environment
Yep this is painful but hikaru had a worst cenario during Ding vs Hikaru last match of candidates when he played bishop to e8 rather then re8 and thus ding played perfectly and became a candidate and WC. Hikaru had a hard time as compare to this Fabi's event!
Damn Fabi us fans have been waiting to hear your side of the Norway final round. Better late than never. But come on man that was a match that having a youTube channel is made for. Lots of Drama and lots of emotion. I really wish we would have heard from you sooner while the emotion of the match was still fresh for us all. Still great performance.
I'm like 1200 at bullet on lichess because I really suck on short time controls. But the only two games with 100% engine correlation I had so far were 2+1 games. To be fair, my opponents blundered in the opening and I converted for 30 moves (14 cpl). But I think luck plays a huge role for engine calculation when you don't cheat and are just an ok player. Never had such a game in rapid though.
I don’t think he ever lived in Italy, although he has an Italian citizenship as well as a US one, and he used to represent Italy. He’s lived in Hungary and Switzerland too.
although im rooting for anish to qualify for the candidates , I hope you make it too! Just leave the circuit spot for him , you'll anyways win the grand swiss 😜
"My 60 memorable Draws" by Drawnish Giri is at the top of my Christmas wishlist though. It's kindof entrenched in memes at this point, Giri's a good player and regularly proves it, but I don't think anyone was surprised Fabi was so much higher up on the "fighting" index than Radja or Giri. For me it's more the chess than the results though. Fabi tasks risks. Giri and So do not.
I mean anish's problem was never so much risk rather than conversion. When yoire up four pawns in an endgame and draw it amyways thats not a lack of risk taking
@@betterthanyou3465 He has conversion problems to be sure, I don't actually fault him that much for his game with white against Ding in the Candidates where he drew all his games. That position was pretty hard and his move was good, he just *missed a chance.* But the way he plays, isn't like the way Fabi plays. Fabi played a Benoni against Karjakin in Zagreb 2019, *classical* chess. He was much worse for most of the game but saved it. You'll never catch Giri in a Benoni in a real game.
@@patrickdaly1088to be fair though, thats not just anish. Fabi plays anything and everything but most of the top guys tend to stick to proper theory. None of them have the drawing reputation anish has though
@@betterthanyou3465 Yeah I don't think Anish's reputation is so deserved, but I try to also put other drawmasters in the same breath as him. I don't think the problem is even the players. They're at the top, they're playing the game and the tournament conditions properly. Ofc, I think they'll never have the runaway results like Nepo does to win the Candidates, but it's very good in match play. I blame the way tournaments are organized; Draws are already good for rating, I think we'd see more adventurous play in classical if winning meant more. Not to touch a sore spot for Fabi, but Hikaru just played some NONSENSE to win in classical since it was his only shot. I think scoring systems like Norway do at least encourage more ambition.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a lack of correspondence between online rating and over-the-board rating. I'd expect the difference in physical conditions to have a real effect and that some players (especially those with lots of video game experience) would benefit greatly from playing at home in a gaming chair, viewing the game on a screen (with an optimized color scheme and the ability to draw analysis arrows), and moving the pieces with a click of a mouse while free from the distraction of a tournament hall. When playing online, you don't need to notate your games, press a clock button, or physically move a piece (with the same hand that you use to press the clock button), and you aren't sitting hunched over while viewing the board from an angle where pieces become obscured. Certainly there are some players who play both versions of chess equally well, but THAT is actually more surprising to me.
See this makes sense for someone like Danya or Bortnyk who are clearly very very strong but somehow dont have thoss results always translate otb. But when its some random guy who somehow crushes the likes of magnus or fabi then its super sus
flagging is 100% chess decision, maybe not like in classical sense, but it is chess, you need to find the moves that restrict oponent the most. I myself hate speed chess being decided by flagging ... but I would not say it is not chess anymore the decisions at that point.
Semi-Bluffs as White, kill the game as Black whilst allowing the least number of potential semi-bluffs, seems to be the optimal approach to openings in this computer era.
I was expecting some chat on Gukesh's performance in Norway chess and his progress towards reaching India #1 hot topic. Another one being the Global chess league where many of the world's top players including Magnus are playing.
they are called 'stream snipers' on twitch, players try and join the same game as you to win or ruin your game/tournament. There are probably many of them, not even targeting you, just targeting all pro players.
You guys should really try and listen to the podcast while driving: you’ll realize the audio quality (level) is abysmal and there’s no volume setting that would prevent sudden bursts of loudness from happening or Fabi’s speech from being inaudible. Not everybody is listening through headphones in a quiet room!
I've listened while driving and had no audio issues. The audio output coming directly from your device should be the same regardless of where you are using it so maybe there's something in your secondary speaker settings that can be adjusted. May help to switch your device and/or speaker to mono audio. 🙂
@@kc910 Oh, really? I can happily listen to dozens of podcasts without any problem and just this one is a nightmare to listen to. My audio system settings are fine, trust me.
Cristian, a former second of Fabi, trying to convince Fabi that the best part of the CCT qualifiers was Fressinet, a former second of Magnus, beating Magnus. Nice try Cristian 😉
Can u cover how the teams were formed for the coming global chess league in dubai? How does auction/bidding work for the team formation and how come other players were not invited? What is the criteria?
Objectively, what is the quality of speed chess compared to classical chess Does anyone know? I couldn’t find any answers googling it Otherwise, it should definitely be empirically studied.
Dear Fabi, Can you please tell why did you not play the super sold petrov against Naka? Had you done that, I think things could have been much different. Lots of love and support always.
true , i just dont understand why people troll anish for draws , his games are extremely interesting with complex and double edged positions . wesly on the other hand, well...😅, lets just say that he enjoys drawing .
Wesley has no seconds or coach for many years now. This is why his opening repertoire is limited. Though solid, it is quite limited and when confronted with an opening he is not that familiar, he always gets low in time and prone to blunders.
You have to give credit to Hikaru.. He gambled on some less ambitious line in which he “has no right” to even test the most well prepared player in the world… it was his decisions which put Fabi in careless mode, to feel safe enough to try to transpose without checking the nuances, which is not normal for super GMs… I know Fabi will get his revenge tho. It’s a blessing to get 2nd and use this as motivation. In the long run this will be an optimal result
With regards to the TT cheating discussion, and some account having excellent accuracy in one game and losing all the others, maybe this is too tin-foil-hat, but could it be sock puppet accounts whose only objective are to make other players lose just a half/whole point so it's easier for someone else to with the TT?
Hans didn't necessarily lose to 2300 bc he was tired, chances are - he just lost. I think it's a bit elitist to say "plays too much". Maybe the guy loves the game more than gaining ELO, that's a possibility
I think you need to factor in the economics of Hans’ situation. He’s not getting invited to the tournaments with the most lucrative prizes, and he’s not getting any major sponsorships or fellowships. This means that he’s got to play a lot to try and make a living from chess, which has high overhead costs associated with it. All things considered his fighting spirit is really impressive, but there is no way his lifestyle of constant playing for the win isn’t exhausting. Let this be a lesson to other young chess talents to mind their reputations! Hans is very talented but his abrasive demeanor and reputation for untrustworthy behavior has been a huge detriment to his career (and probably his well being).
