It's TIME!! BREAKDOWN Of Magnus VS Hans & Alireza VS Hikaru | C2 | Ep.70

We're one sleep away from perhaps the biggest event of the year, the Speed Chess Championship Finals including Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza, and Hans. The hype is real, who will manage their nerves best and win it all? The boys discuss what's on everyone's mind, the Olympiad, and more...

00:00 Intro
03:21 Speed Chess Championship
15:58 Magnus Vs Hans
19:56 Olympiad Analysis Team China
23:17 Team USA
25:05 Team India
27:25 Team Uzbekistan
30:30 Women's Olympiad

#chess #fabianocaruana #magnuscarlsen

[mhession]

i like to imagine the arguments between fabi and christian..."fabi just get a camera!!"..."nah my phone is fine"

[davidjames]

Fabi casually doing a podcast the way my mum answers facetime calls

[Chuck]

The odds of Magnus resigning after 1 move is greater than the odds of Magnus losing if he plays all the games.

[ericv]

Legends say Fabi's chin will return one day, when the people are in great need.

[figovlist]

an armenian, an italian, a filipino and a cuban walk into a this is not a joke it is american chess olympiad team

[FongYukYu]

0:50 Oh 💩 Y'all legit JUST recorded this today. Brava to the team for getting this out so fast 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[daverowe]

In case anyone is wondering, despite currently being the 5th highest ranked American player by FIDE Classical rating, Hans Niemann was not ranked so highly earlier in the summer when the selection process was done to determine the USA team roster. He wasn't "snubbed" from the team. Surely if he continues to play at the level he has been for the next 2 years he'll be a shoe-in to make the 2026 USA roster.

[chess_poemschess]

**turns on video**
Fabi: "jacket off"

[smwg]

If only Fabi's cam was closer to his face

[rohan]

"shoes off, jack it off" is an unforgiving opening line

[seanhunter]

They called the Hikaru/Alireza match perfectly.

[jorgemontero]

Y'all need to understand the controversy economy: Suggest a simul, where Fabi plays Hans and Magnus at the same time

[hazedpropht]

Great talk as always guys! Just a small heads up @c-squared there is a bit of static in the background - i think some voice setting changes should be able to fix itLegends!

[Navs]

Fabi is getting professional at podcasting even though he does it only for fun and isnt gaining anything major from it🥳🥳

[FongYukYu]

20:06 Christian you can't tease us like this!! Vlog pretty plz? 🙏🥺

[NaveShifroni]

Fabi's close up speaks for itself ❤

[ddenti]

The next couple of months is SO PACKED. I'm very excited.

[daverowe]

a few other teams I'm intrigued by for this upcoming Olympiad:

Germany - very solid roster of F. Svane, Bluebaum, Donchenko, Kollars and their ace, Keymer, who has been playing terrific chess this year

Iran - a very strong top two boards with Maghsoodloo and Tabatabaei and a nice mix of youth and experience in their boards 3-5

Netherlands - Anish hasn't been at his best this year but he's still a Super GM and the rest of their lineup, L'Ami, Bok, van Foreest and Warmerdam is quite solid

[MohammedKazem-bp]

Honestly, the podcast is more than wonderful. I am following you from Iraq. Thank you very much for the beautiful content. 🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[archerknight]

Tan Zhongyi is playing the world championship match, not Lei Tingjie.