What Happened With The $4 Million Tournament? | C2 | EP. 64

[@GothamChess]

what an angle

[@slappyplayz8958]

Levy the recap GOAT is heree

[@KrazyKrzysztof]

They meant to post this on their onlyfans

[@mdgamingyt3199]

Hi goffam😮

[@csqpod]

Working with limited equipment led to this :(

[@AVERAGE_GUY719]

At least they didn't put magnus in the thumbnail

[@DKarkarov]

Christian making comments trying to hold a critical conversation. Fabi - "There is a pigeon..."

[@flipina]

Another bird came... "VERY AGGRESSIVELY"

[@joddle23]

I've always looked up to you two, and today was no exception

[@QuaDue]

impressive, given that they were seated

[@TristramPagot]

"Pigeons are the dumbest animals." From all the things Fabi could thrash, that's one I didn't see coming😂

[@nellieb6585]

It reminds me of the time my brother when he described it as a dirty bird in the that poops everywhere

[@saicharand7765]

What’s that old saying about playing chess with a pigeon ?

[@esmeraldaj8492]

Well they are. Fabi has my undying love for this

[@komarshk]

There is no biological distinction between a dove and a pigeon. They're part of the same family, which ones we call doves and which we call pigeons is entirely based on coloration (i.e. phenotypical not genotypical). I'm not sure if they explode, you may be thinking of hand grenades.

[@gelatinousjoe7979]

I didn’t know that cool

[@Patrick462]

Came for the pigeon cardiac theory, stayed for the chess.

[@PhilAndBert]

I was disappointed that “pigeons and doves” was not in the video index

[@taylorlayton4508]

lol. i've heard something similar for like big horn sheep or mountain goats or maybe all sheep. still, i've never heard first hand accounts of it. i suppose it is the evolutionary backside of a SUPER MAXED flight reflex - sometimes the heart gets too ready to flee and, boom, heart attack.

[@QuaDue]

Such a relief that Fabi has an afterchess carrier as an ornithologist available

[@keeskwakman1609]

Doves and pigeons explode😂😂 this was so funny

[@michaeltaberner4079]

Ya i think he was getting confused with pigeons eating rice and exploding. Either way it is one if my fav clips so far.

[@ChavaM88]

Everyone talking about the FANTASTIC view, but can we take a sec to appreciate Fabi's socks. What a clothing combo he has on. 10/10

[@ultrasound1459]

💅🤡💅

[@alex-internetlubber]

I can't fathom how you can just remember the games and analyze them while remembering the positions in your head

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Yes. Very INTERESTING

[@mysticaldevotion863]

If you spent every day grinding one specific thing it just comes naturally. You just see everything because all "basic" things become so deeply engrained and building from that in your mind is super easy. I swear if you train your brain on studying openings and tactics like half an hour every day for like a year straight you will see how "normal" it is. Its all about training that big muscle in your head every single day. Time spent training is way less important.

[@mukhammadnozimkholmamatov5293]

If your source of income depends on chess and you become GM you will remember most most of the games you played mate!

[@hellostranger2012]

Loving these outdoor sessions

[@ddenti99]

They doubled down on the Crotch Angle

[@KyleMc16]

It's like the titty streamer angle for men

[@Charge11]

Chads.

[@prcbras]

I appreciate it

[@prcbras]

This was a great energy episode, chill and relaxed and good conversation flowing, I really enjoyed it.

[@ostensiblyrain]

so, based on my whole 5-10 minutes of internet research... there are popular (but false) myths about how birds can explode from eating uncooked rice or seagulls eating alka-seltzer, and birds can indeed die from heart attacks and shock, but i can't find anything about scaring a pigeon so much that it has a heart attack and explodes. the closest things to exploding are hemorrhaging or internal rupturing, but that isn't from shock. -also, pigeons and doves are somewhat similar in that they belong to the same animal family but are not identical.- edit: the difference between doves and pigeons is linguistical, not taxonomical. usually, the dove name is assigned to smaller ones and pigeon to bigger ones, but either name would technically be correct. i'm very interested about the exploding dove that cristian saw 😰

[@AlanJames]

Thanks for doing 5-10 minutes more research than I did.

[@danielvelizotani9779]

doves and pigeon are the same, but dove is a german word, and pigeon is of french origin.

[@ostensiblyrain]

@@danielvelizotani9779 ah, i misinterpreted what i read. thanks for the correction

[@Vanessa-uo6lt]

love the nonsense talk about pigeons (possibly) exploding 10/10

[@michaelf8221]

This podcast is going to the birds

[@bookshe]

now i am curious how many doves/pigeons have exploded because of cristian btw dove and pigeon come from the same bird family but are different species.

[@paulgottlieb]

Lasker remained quite a strong player into his 60s.

[@raviprakriya9082]

Love the outside format - enjoy the rest of the tournament

[@nyztan0]

love the dedication guys, keep up the good work

[@DavidRodriguez-ku2lo]

Awesome chat! Good luck the rest of tournament Fabiano 💪🏼

[@jonathanace7950]

You gotta love this angle and Fabi socks - what a genius

[@animan9419]

great tournament so far fabi. bring it home!

[@MaryJoWright]

Very nice episode! Love the change of scenery!

[@sushilganesh07]

Fabi predicted long back that Arjun will be the first one to reach 2800!

[@haileyrattlecliff1274]

Quite the view

[@taylaca]

Was the person Christian saw holding a dove that exploded perhaps a slight of hand magician?

[@linusorri]

Watching them talk in this wonderful park is so pleasant

[@cookiain]

Fabi is such a stud

[@chess_poemschess]

Fabi hitting legs with Christian next workout day

[@Larryandbob]

great vibes on this one

[@skuzyuwu]

everyone who's commenting about the view , it's Cismigiu Park in the center of Bucharest (i'm a local and ik)

[@darrellfinley0110]

Congrats Fabi, great win at Superbet,, 😎

[@CharlySardoGaming]

lol the minute Fabi asked the question of top players in thier 60's I thought of Smyslov but forgot poor Korchnio.

[@kc910]

They go poof. Actually laughed out loud at that one. 😂 Enjoyed the outdoors change of scenery and appreciate the great content even when you’re traveling. Best of luck to Fabi in the rest of the tournament! 🍀☺️

[@hellostranger2012]

Manscape sponsorship incoming

[@hoya_anna]

I love me a relaxed chat between the two of you, pigeons and all! 🐦💚

[@TomFarrow-oo5wm]

It's true that chess players, especially GM's aren't marketable, but the issue is we don't put them in a position to market them. We need to allow their personalities to show through. Thanks to social media/youtube exposure people really root for Fabi, Wesley, Levon or Anish because they seem like genuinely decent and likeable people. Even Hans has his fans thanks to his streaming. Hikaru has said it before, more players need to work to raise their own profiles.

[@mrmiller74]

The short shorts gambit is on the board...

[@paulgottlieb]

In the famous La Bourdonnais-McDonnell chess match, there was no clock, and McDonnell would sometimes spend 2 hours on a move. This drove La Bourdonnais crazy, and made people realize that we needed a clock!

[@DASxOmega]

Christian is 100% right about storylines and rivalries will grow chess viewership and in turn make chess players more money.

[@akshatkhatri9515]

On the topic of matches, you don't even need big hyped up matches but tournaments with knockout match formats like tennis. Imagine a tournament with top-64 players in a single elimination draw and 4 rapid game matches with Armageddon tiebreaks. You can easily have a 7 day event and you can have atleast 5 events such as this each year. You can even have 8-10 blitz game matches. It will be a great sporting spectacle and an insta hit format. The only potential bottleneck is the money and the organization with top-64 players. They probably won't share rooms like the open tournaments lol. You will need to secure some good sponsorship but this definitely is a direction chess should take. You can still have all the classical RRs you do today. They are very few in numbers anyway per year.

[@georgehagstrom4022]

I think high stakes could build interest without personal rivalry/hatred

[@jorgem8274]

fabi against any young Indian or abdu, nepo, naka,carlsen in a 10-game match would have more views than any elite 10-game tournament with 10 players because it would be a novelty.

[@cubbybartles997]

Are you guys planning more interview content 🧐 it’s always nice to hear stories from older players and might be cool to have someone like pia cramling

[@IB4theAIB]

“The slowness of genius is hard to bear - the slowness of mediocrity is intolerable!” Howard Staunton, on chess without clocks

[@hampten23]

17:24 Vishy himself mentioned it in his interview with chessbase india. So no worries

[@doctord2897]

Just a couple deeply in love enjoying their time in a park and talking about chess. Amazing ❤

[@lythienthong1146]

from what i have learned about fabi so far love goats hates pigeons

[@BobbyJean-rk5sf]

I love your podcast!💙💙💙

[@Navs006]

Came for the drama stayed for the camera angle

[@ultrasound1459]

💅💅💅💅

[@tommyleblanc3207]

clocks were added to the chess game because some players just refused to move. it became the winner was the one who stayed awake the longest

[@ce2167-n1t]

Tenis is a more popular sport worldwide. After all, one can follow it without using prior knowledge. But remember, like in chess, only the top 50-100 players can survive financially. People should get creative with big markets like India, China, or Arab countries. As an idea, creating big four tournaments with good prize funds, like in tennis, would be something to think about. There is value in scarcity.

[@angrygary91298]

Cristian this video was in IOR?

[@gregg3457]

Thanks for the interesting Podcast!

[@mateifl]

Are you guys in Cismigiu?

[@gwilfl1]

Deac standing every move in time trouble is crazy

[@davidbarnett8617]

A GM failing to win a pretty simple pawn ending seemed very strange. Even with 30 seconds a move.

[@doji-san]

Gotham vs Yasser Seirawan would be great!!! I would pay to watch that!!!!

[@pierQRzt180]

"One is very obvious" because he beat you! Great question!

[@rajatrc1705]

how are tournament results +1, -1, -2 assessed? like Bogdan -2 as mentioned in the video

[@TheUltimateLegend7]

Draws are 0, wins 1, losses -1. So, if someone wins one game, loses 2 and draws 3, hisnscore would be -1. It's not official, just a way for people to understand how well someone did in the tournament without the draws.

[@01forest]

Hiki & Firo might sell tickets. Starts with a fashion face-off featuring their best fruit-themed Hawaiian shirts. Then, a short break and a blitz match. Ends with a wrestling match.

[@seanm3636]

The Bucharest camera angle

[@MaharshiRay]

I don't think Fabi intimidated the pigeon. It was the other way round. 🤣

[@kashem425]

15:53 they probably used sand timers?

[@odysseas573]

This podcast was the last place I was expecting to hear about Tsitsipas

[@sreesub]

I wonder if GMs like Giri, Nepo, Wesley etc are trying hard to win. At least MVL did try something even though he ended with 5 draws. Some players are ok with just playing safe. Only candidates Nepo is a beast.

[@leluminent]

It's well known they wanna keep their rating to keep getting invited, cause that's where all the money is.

[@eointyrrell3200]

We need another Kramnik vs Topalov match

[@rotimilapite4562]

Did he throw a shade at Anish Giri "19 minutes"

[@sambarbasa1643]

Is the 4 million dollar tournament is Fide sanctioned?

[@VirtueSignal9000]

been waiting for this episode 🤣

[@Asdfgdgv]

The character in tennis you are looking for is maybe nick kyrgios

[@michaelspillane5257]

Please bring on an ornithologist to discuss exploding pigeons

[@barts.8562]

"there is a pigeon". Fabi needs to get out more 😊

[@TrianCorpora]

Love your socks Fabi

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Almost 3/4 of the way to get to 100k

[@kieran1990able]

Hans chickened out🤷‍♂

[@jimlang7461]

No, pigeons don't explode, lol

[@aminenacerddine]

nepo hiki would be a great 1v1 match

[@YRMW1983]

Where does Christian get his bird facts from? 😂

[@MemserRokin]

Why dont you guys talk about the Hikaru Alirzea drama? Isnt this a podcast im watching?

[@qazedctgb19]

Who is Alirezas "significant other"? Deliberately chosen phrasing or not?

[@HenryGup]

Stop the presses!! Fabi does NOT hate Pentala Harikrishna!!! I had the absolute presumption that they were mortal enemies ....

[@admiral9107]

Wait for for them to play

[@ChristopheDepret]

Why you didn't put hans 2e tweet where he clearly say vadim was backing nepo and nordibeck? This event was made just to make him lose money! If the organiser back 2 player, its pretty easy to not lose money and put 1 guy out. Proof : since hans back out, no replacement..

[@rigmar9250]

Birb trivia

[@BobbyJean-rk5sf]

How on earth can he memorize all that?? It’s not even his games.

[@sabrinatseng]

20:50

[@styxsoul3552]

God bless socks, pigeons and doves.

[@dinosaurgardening2401]

You guys fire one up or something?

[@hylen26]

Somebody please tell me Alireza is not a Tate brothers fan.

[@brucebogtrotter3430]

That’s why Hans is the GOAT

[@blackjack47]

training to start an onlyfans with that angle guys ? :D

[@Kaorii1905]

Good job on not believing that pigeons explode! It is an internet myth at best.

[@lucaiacob6206]

Cișmigiu vibes

[@enio17]

You two make a very nice couple ❤

[@rasimofeliya421]

😂😂

[@storyahee]

the crying kids probably checkmated

[@ippimerawr]

Alireza with his significant other? Ali confirmed gay. LGBReza

[@kpNov23]

MAGA

[@mmdurante1616]

His significant other is a female. Peter Heine Nielsen and Jan Gustaffson talked about her last year in their Chicken Soup Podcast. Unless he switched from a woman to a man in the past year.

[@gffg387]

Alireza is a Tate brothers simp? That's weird.

[@ares1670]

Not necessarily, he just made a joke

[@gffg387]

@@ares1670 I don't know. One of the Tates was flirting with Alireza on Twitter. Maybe Ali is moving to Romania, to live with the Tates. Wear a bikini all day and bring sandwiches to his Top G.

[@prcbras]

very disappointing seeing that tweet. He may gain a few incel fans but will lose all the women, me included

[@gffg387]

@@prcbras disappointing for everyone that isn't a human trafficker supporter.

[@Dezu123]

​@@prcbrassurely Tate doesnt respect woman like you ;P

[@wipsam]

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