Caruana on Carlsen’s Philosophy & Ding’s Absence |

Fabiano Caruana talks to Anastasiya Karlovich before the start of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour events in Saint Louis. This aired during Round 2.
2023.11.13
GrandChessTour.org

[@Tight2008]

Fabi speaks the truth. No BS there! Unbelievably likable guy!

[@kaushiksahu5646]

Fabi's a great speaker, and very humble and polite ... always enjoy listening to him.

[@mhmisc65]

Always to the point.

[@blueberryfuzz]

Fabi is often well-spoken. A nice mix of candidness and balance.

[@dakota-xf8jk]

candyness too, he is so sweet

[@davidcopson5800]

A nice mix of candidates and balance.

[@joffrey_baratheon]

He is a very humble guy. All the best to him!

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

I dont thimk so i think bcs of lack of pleasures in private life bcs they practice 10 hours also

[@plasmaastronaut]

out of the top players i like to listen to Caruana the most. -straight talking and serious, always trying to minimize BS, maximize useful infomation -level headed, no bad moods (Carlsen, Kramnik ), no gripes , not overally happy / hyped / no stream of superlatives ( levi gotham ) -no quirks / idiocrasy of personality. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but many intellectuals have nerdy personas ( david Howell ), Caruana does not. - no axe to grind ( grudges ) - not verbose ( Nakamura ) - humble ( as apposed to egotistic e.g. Kasparov ) - not delusional can anyone fault the man?

[@Youtube_Stole_My_Handle_Too]

Frack humble. The important properties of Caruana is decency, honesty, and consideration. Humble is a bs word for losers.

[@lukearmstrong3436]

Outstanding ambassador for chess. Caruana is a g.

[@pakiaoo7]

What a guy! I want to have some of that humbleness and security

[@hermodnitter3902]

The more I learn about Fabi, the better I like him. Seems very likeable, and without doubt a great person!

[@mohdneyaz6749]

Caruana saying top rating is not his goal WCC is while Alireza saying WCC is not his goal top rating is...Such a different thinking of two different generation players.

[@TheAluvisify]

I don't think it has to do with generations. Magnus was the same way. Top rating was more important than the WCC for him.

[@damiester1]

@@TheAluvisify That's different since Magnus already won 5 WCCs. Alireza aiming for the top rating despite not having won the WCC is a new mindset for players.

[@TheAluvisify]

@@damiester1 It's not different. I'm literally talking about Magnus when he was 18. He was rank one in the world for 4-5 years before he became World Champion. He somewhat infamously refused to attend the 2011 Candidates because he didn't like the WCC cycle, despite being the no. 1 player in the world.

[@strikercool911]

What? alireza is also aiming for the world championship title, it's just that to qualify to the tournament that allows him to do so he would need the top rating spot to get to the candidates!!!!!

[@todesque]

What I respect and admire about Magnus and Fabi is their directness. Very honest and forthright with their opinions. Fabi is smooth, likable and down to earth, while Magnus can be a little prickly at times. Very different characters, and the chess world is damn lucky to have them both.

[@jonathanshore5768]

I love this guy he’s the only man I would say that should be a WC to his credit witch I know he would disagree witch is why I love him but it will happen one if he keeps going no doubt

[@NotoriousKhamid]

Me too, I'd love him being a WC. But I would also enjoy Hikaru becoming classical and 960 champion. As the top chess streamer, he would publicize chess even more than any other olay in the post-Magnua era. Just think of him playing Ding, and making recaps of the games! 😂 That would be history 😂

[@galanthuman2157]

I always liked Caruana. Seems to be a very nice guy

[@rowlandsibakwe2039]

Humbele and Genius

[@philburns5656]

Fabi deserves becoming world champion as he was by far the best performer in a match with Magnus. Who knows, if the tie break would have been played in classical chess and not rapid, maybe Fabi would have beaten Magnus. He was very close to a win in some later games, as the pressure on Magnus was rising... I hope he will make it some day.

[@lennyvlaminov9480]

Caruana is a very nice ambassador for chess, I would welcome him as a world champion

[@FlowerBoyWorld]

im so hype for fabi-ding wcc

[@lincolnkimutai9986]

Caruana is one of my best chess players whom I really like

[@ZulalAyla]

If I would be a top player I would be terrified playing against Fabi with high motivation.

[@permanentlybored195]

huge obstacle is a understatement he was quite literally a wall for all of the super gms, keeping them away from ever reaching the title.

[@davidcopson5800]

The word 'literal' is so abused.

[@dorveille1]

Literally. @@davidcopson5800

[@luckbeforeleap]

Just a cool guy

[@TheBlade1985]

He is made for chess! This guy's sense of logic is second to none...or second to Carlsen that is 😝

[@prasadpatil1]

I love him ❤

[@jacquespineau2826]

Very honest comments.

[@fractal97]

Fabi is a great guy. Very likable. He picked up Magnus' 'yah'. And this girl is hot.

[@kpNov23]

He has a podcast c squared, if you want to hear him more.

[@davidcopson5800]

Is Ding doing a Bobby Fischer? Will he refuse to defend his world title?

[@tuberaxx]

The difference is that Ding is not the best player in the world. Magnus didn’t play Ling and even Magnus says that Fabiano is the second best classical chess player in the world at present. It’s not the same magnitude as when Fischer didn’t defend his title.

[@Chessgreat]

Hi

[@AgEnt_WaFFles]

shalom reb yid

[@Richard_Stroker]

שלום

[@syrocynical]

hi

[@glenrocha3377]

I have a feeling if Magnus doesn't become World Champ again I feel like it's gonna change often which should be interesting!

[@sunkhirous]

Fabi is like can I

[@TheJavi175]

Cariano Fabuana

[@popcornandpremiers]

why his hair looking grey? usually its black

[@fujiapple9675]

Wisdom

[@SK-tk6bi]

​@@fujiapple9675bro...

[@Gr8Believer]

Yea, where the hell is Ding?

[@lollycopter]

He's mentioned he's been having health issues. Out of curiosity, you could speculate that it's likely to be one thing or another - one of them cannot be mentioned or the trolls come out, it's one of the most common "things" these days. Hopefully he can recover and make a strong showing at Wijk aan Zee.

[@joebloggs396]

​@@lollycopterIt was obviously health reasons, he wouldn't dislike chess suddenly, but for some reason the usual internet idiots (many Americans included) wanted to talk crap over the last year.

[@damiester1]

@@joebloggs396 lol they just keep hating on Ding even as he wins against Nepo.

[@cjikeako]

One match with Ian & Ding has been missing. I wonder what those who were angry with the 5-time World Champion Magnus for not playing in the WCC will have to say now.

[@ritabratachakraborty6414]

This comment does have some pretty serious implications.I wonder if they were meant to be made.

[@cjikeako]

@@ritabratachakraborty6414 huh??

[@andreaanarcora602]

Caruana is very very very polite..

[@ExcelStrategy]

It will be a record of draws in this year edition of the Sqf cup ?

[@manciano2009]

grande fabiano! Forza e prenditi cura di te

[@raulmontanari4387]

Per me è sempre italiano. Dai, basta guardarlo in faccia! 🙂

[@manciano2009]

Sono andato con mio nipote (californiano) e un amico di Roma a vederlo giocare a Londra contro Carlsen. Avevo scritto alla Federazione italiana scacchi per vedere di organizzare uno striscione, un'intervista, insomma manifestargli affetto, o almeno attenzione, ecc. ma nessuno ha mai risposto e hanno comunque ostentato un totale disinteresse in quelle settimane. Credo che in Italia lo abbiano trattato con indifferenza e distanza, senza il calore che gli hanno manifestato in Spagna e Usa. Tra l'altro è una condotta demenziale da parte delle istituzioni perché poteva essere un volano per il gioco. Comunque l'importante è che si tratta di una personalità molto positiva per il gioco. Italiano o non italiano è sempre appassionante vederlo giocare. 🌍