22:54 To answer Fabi's query on why Pragg wasn't playing rapid but only blitz - Pragg recently recieved the Arjuna award - the highest sporting honor in India, from the President of India, clashing with the rapid event.

@shashvatrules94

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2nd highest*

@davidbarnett8617

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Arjun has an award named after him already? Well done Erigaisi!

@adityapacharne5688

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@@davidbarnett8617 now we wait for arjun to win the pragnanada award

@vishrutkrishna8469

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the name comes from a Mahabharat character

@varunsingla4718

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@@davidbarnett8617 Hahahah.. Arjun's name is actually named after a famous Mahabharata character from whom Arjuna award is named.

Vishy’s wife, Aruna was totally involved in his career. She is, for all intents and purposes his manager, PR person, agent etc. He has attributed a lot of his success to her support and their marriage.

@cliverosfield69

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Such a simp move

Easily the best chess podcast . Caruana talking about Hikaru's travel management , Anand's longevity , Hans resurgence and equal pay in Tata Steel . Great commentary .

@markrobertson3054

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Equal pay is bs

Fabi is remarkably intelligent and cultured. Far more so than other top GM’s.

@Lasselucidora

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No! Most is like that. Maybe unusual in USA.

@thernly

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@@Lasselucidora Most is smart like you? 😂😂😂

Erigaisi is 19. Nihal is 18. Pragg 17. And Gukesh is 16. 👍

@niranjanrajesh1058

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@@jire9831 im not one who usually swoons over these prodigies,coz being a super GM at 18 or 19 isnt completely foreign nowadays,but nearly 2730 classical at 16 years of age is so mind boggling. Hope he doesnt suddenly fall off a cliff,he needs to play even better

@sandeeproy1327

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Yup. They are coming like waves in the ocean of chess. One, after the other, after the other, after the other! Relentless power! 🙂👍

@Kodaira023

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@@niranjanrajesh1058 rare for sure. Wei yi is another example, dude was a super gm at 15. He was surely on route to the top, but he decided to go to university. Not sure how many opportunities there are in india, but prodigies are young and sometimes do other things with their life. If Gukesh stays in chess though, he can make it to the top

Lmao the Lawrence Trent story

LOVED the dive into the historical players, books, and who you personally enjoyed and why. great stuff, very personable.

The drunk chess game betting in clubs stories are so great!

Fabi is so confident , secure, thoughtful and well spoken.

@bobobandy9382

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Yeah. Seems like a genuinely good dude. And Cristian, too, of course.

I like the intelligence, respect for the game and calm delivery of this show. Very well done.

Arjun did a fabi like 32 move insane prep against nihal in the last game . need a fabi reaction to that

Rapid and blitz are different events in Tata Steel India

Saved the best for last.. love those kinda stories..

Thanks for another episode, fellas.

22:55 The reason Pragg couldn't play the Rapid was because he was awarded the 2nd highest sports honor in India, the Arjun Award (yes, same mythological hero after who Erigaisi is named), by the President of India, and had to attend it in New Delhi. 🙂 Sethuraman was a last minute replacement.

Love it guys, keep going

The program you used to cut out the clips of dead air makes your video background look quite choppy. Might want to switch the background for something more static.

30:26 Fabi blushing speaking about relationship

39:16 Speaks for itself

This is legit one of the best podcasts on any topic actually. Much love to you both from India ❤️

Addicted to these podcasts.

Fabi is exceptional among the world's top GMs in that there is nothing haughty or arrogant about him at all. His regard towards the mere mortals of the game is outstanding.

thank you guys for doing this

You forgot the Prestigious Mr. Dodgys Invitaional, with Dubov og Magnus in the final

Never heard the full rook odds story til now, was funnier than i thought it would be

never knew Fabi could speak so much , I guess he is the type with whom one can have good conversation if they have common interest

Came here for Lawrence Trent story

These inside stories are gold

Fabiano is right: 'El Llobregat' is a Catalan name - not a Spanish one. Sant Boi de Llobregat, a municipality in Barcelona.

Talking about rating now I think now rating factor is K10 previously it used to be K20. So now increasing the rating is though.

1. Arjun actually just blundered a whole knight inthe opening against sethuraman. 2.Pragg was receiving a national sports award (very prestigious) so he could not attend the rapid event.

@Gambit9020

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Sethuramen blundered the knight but ended up winning.

@neelkaria285

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@@Gambit9020 it was a transmission error

Sagar does commentary as if calling ufc fights.. I love that..

Prag won the Arjuna award, a government award for sports person. And so he had to miss the Blitz section

@prayagagarwal5030

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*rapid

Hans is now 4/4 and 2707.7, interested to see how much he can keep rising. Nice well thought discussion from you guys as well, Tata Steel (Indian prodigies) humiliating Hikaru with his 25 rating losing is fun to see while Hans goes 4/4.

Can someone explain real gods bit?

please improve audio quality from fabi's side

I see that ADCC shirt 😅

Thank you for the thoughtful discussion on women in chess. Nice to hear genuine acknowledgment and appreciation for how much the decision on when to start a family can and does uniquely weigh so heavily on women. I don’t have children myself but I believe we as females inherently do know the reward will ultimately and without question outweigh the “risks”. But even knowing that to be true, it doesn’t make it any easier on this side of it, facing a fast-paced world, terrified of everything you know of the woman you are today and everything you’ve worked so hard for being left behind.

@faznaz7455

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Agreed, the family responsibilities that women have to deal with makes it very hard to focus and maintain the optimal level of play by dividing attention into their personal life as opposed to giving full focus on their careers. However, i do hope to see more GMs in the next decade!

@cliverosfield69

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@@kc910 keep coping though for being the shittier sex at chess

Prag didn't play in rapid coz he had to get award from President and the dates were clashing

Gukesh(16yrs),pragg(17yrs), nihal (18yrs),arjun(19yrs) Fab 4 of india

I think Fabi should play the next World Champion- probably Ding Liren will win...

Great video as always 👍

Can you guys invest in a higher quality cam for Fab when he is traveling and/or better internet? The contrast between the two levels of quality between the two cameras is too high. It has bothered me on several of your “podcasts” so I resort to audio only.

Pragg was not available for the Tata steel rapid chess as he was to receive Arjuna award from the president of India.

Gukesh - 16 yrs old Praggnanandhaa - 17 yrs old Nihal - 18 yrs old Arjun - 19 yrs old

nihal won the rapid event with a round to spare. and he lost the final game against arjun.

35:35

Rapid and blitz are separate

I am 2200 rated but use the same company laptop as Fabi

Hans probably has an inflated view of him being 2780 level lol

@SavantGardeEX

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Hans will the 1st person to reach 2900, not magnus, Mark my words.

Hi. I like you podcast but i prefer to watch a long natural podcast instead of a edited one

Anand is G.O.A.T 🇮🇳

@markrobertson3054

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No

Is lichess verboten? Surely it deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as any other ICC successor.

@40:00 while I agree overall this argument is pretty thin. “Books are just made up of words and letters. All the combinations of words and letters theoretically all exist.” Is the same argument but that would undermine all copyright

fab igo back to 2800 plzzz. 2700 is not for u

With equal prize money, women players will remain 2300+ players forever. From an economic pov, it makes no sense because women's chess brings in FAR less eyeballs, and eyeballs attract sponsors. This is the same debate as the tennis one, but in this case, the women will remain far less rated than the men.

@chinmay4331

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Yes. It makes sense to scrap woman’s only events, and compensate by inviting more women to open events and then have prizes for the top women finishers in the open events rather than have women’s only events with a lot of money. That is if the goal is to get women to compete at the highest level. We must remember that Judit Polgar never played in a single women’s only event.

@aniruddhamersey4139

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@@chinmay4331 Great comment. I bet Judit would agree with you wholeheartedly. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that they're getting paid well and that this encourages young girls to pursue chess. I just don't think 1) they deserve equal pay (if you want to give them this much then I think the men should get higher due to basic economics, but then the tournaments will be broke) and 2) this incentive system is wrong, it'll never level the playing field, which is ultimately what should be the aim. I don't think they should scrap women's only events, they should keep it going while inviting the best to compete in the open section and earn the most money there by having women's only prizes.

@cliverosfield69

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@@chinmay4331 The goal is to give these whiny crybabies 0 attention.Let 'em mald in envy.If they suck,they suck

Prag has president award so that why he couldn’t be present there

Fabi buy a new webcam or camera.

Do a podcast with samay Raina and chessbase India.

Seriously, Christian, as a host, needs to be much less CLUELESS about stuff in general. Just count the amount of times he needs to be corrected by Fabi (Arigaisi’s age, the score between Levon and Dmitry, Judit’s career). He didn’t even know why Pragg wasn’t there for the Rapid. The whole country of India knew that Pragg had to receive the prestigious Arjuna award! It was big news. As the host of a podcast, he has the responsibility of doing more research and be up-to-date. Right now it just feels like he’s letting Fabi correct him if he’s wrong, which happens too often for it to be an enjoyable listening experience. Bottom line, if you’re unsure about the fact you’re gonna say, just don’t say it. Don’t go “wait but isn’t that what happened instead?” and then immediately get corrected…

@sl523

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Agreed. Surprised not many people pointed this out. It's also annoying that he kept interrupting Fabi as Fabi shared stories.

Why do you guys hate Hans so much? Do you still think he has cheated OTB?

yip

@Lol-qy1dy

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Carissa

What has Alejandro been upto?

@Lol-qy1dy

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Tatev

@chadmacgargle5311

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@@Lol-qy1dy sounds good

Woman have babies? Careful, that may get you in trouble here in America! Ha

Indians incoming!

Did the editor for this get paid on a per-jumpcut basis?

@bobobandy9382

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Haha. Definitely a little sliced up but I appreciate it more than just raw rambling. Not saying these guys ramble, just speaking in general.

@NotQuiteFirst

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@@bobobandy9382 Yeah it was good to listen to, but strange to watch

NFTs don't in any way chance ownership or copyright over games. They're a complete joke, and it's disappointing to see you even bring it up in this light.

Having same amount prize women vs men is insane woke moment No one watches women chess