Fabiano Caruana's Olympiad Tier List Review (INSANE Performance) !!

[@AlexBanzea]

'Fabi to 2800' button.

[@csqpod]

Congrats on 100k bro!

[@Anonymous-8080]

Arjun to 2800 button

[@Anonymous-8080]

Gukesh to 2800 button

[@athiestperson5947]

Hey alex I really like ur humor man

[@ckq]

Magnus to 2799.9 button

[@venkatnarayanan4525]

Every time I hear Fabi talk, I am impressed by his objectivity and honesty. No beating around the bush, no excuses. Just pure dispassionate analysis. Amazing quality.

[@CheddarChess-ft7hj]

So when will he actually say who’s been cheating? He keeps beating around the bush on that 😂

[@God-yr9rs]

@@CheddarChess-ft7hj Because he has a gaydar but for cheating, right?

[@JM-uc3sg]

Pro Chess players in general are very objective like this

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

no matter the subject, Indians call foreigners objective when they complement indians

[@AgnimitraSutradhar]

Fabi is so brutally honest its beautiful

[@SanjayKumar-n8h3s]

He makes so many general statements to avoid controversy

[@ajaxjaiswal3442]

@SanjayKumar-n8h3s you saying exactly opposite of what he said 😒

[@LR-jv2zd]

Arjun and Gukesh are already 2800 level and they are clearly coming for the No.2 and No.3 spot. Kudos to the Indian team. Uzbekistan team are also a force to contend with over the next decade.

[@shauryasuri3653]

arjun is already no.3 i believe

[@Corteum]

Nah, theyre not aimin for 2 or 3. They aiming for number 1 spot. And it looks like they on track to take that spot.

[@genesis_blizzard]

It's just that the difficulty level between no2 and no1 is miles apart. But let's hope

[@LR-jv2zd]

@@Corteum bruhh chill. Magnus is going nowhere.

[@sreekar47807]

@@Corteum they are miles behind magnus tbh

[@akshar8160]

Damn, that was a brutally honest review! It's a bummer that we won't see Fabi participate in the Global Chess League. He would have been a great addition and asset to any team he would've went to. Please try to make it in the next year Fabi. Love from India.

[@mrsarthak302]

Gcl season 1 was fun with all the bts chess team videos

[@Randomthings1210]

Yeah, he had to skip it for US Champs… First, it’s Saint Louis event and second, it’s too much important for FIDE circuit. Fabi was invited for the first season too, but he declined but seemed like he regretted. It would be tough for him to get in in the third season as it’s unlikely that Icon spot will open up unless there’s a new team

[@Rareme530]

Christian is unstoppable. Most versatile chess person. Player, coach, podcaster, commentator and runs a club. Respect

[@31redorange08]

You may want to learn how to spell his name.

[@__inuyasha__208]

where's the Cristian's Modelling, dude's handsome.

[@kenser8095]

Dude is hot af as well

[@zyto7904]

Fabi answers every question with such precision and clarity.

[@HeySenthil]

Fabi is brutally honest. Great summary.

[@HeySenthil]

Fabi is brutally honest. He's my one of my favorite player. We can sense he was pushing to win against Gukesh in an equal position. Great thing about Gukesh is he seems to have a good game awareness and team match awareness. Like lot of champion players he knows when to risk and when to push and when to draw. Looking forward to more fights b/w old guards and young ones like Abdur, Keymer, Aireza , Gukesh, Arjun, Prag, Sindarov etc... Next decade of chess looks very Exciting

[@isaac7272]

that just dumb, fabi intentionally put himself in risky position to create winning chance because draw or lose doesnt make any difference to the team, he need to win. Its not like he doesnt aware the line he chose. If this is individual game, fabi already went for a draw with black because pushing for a win in that equal position under time pressure with black is simply dumb. He basically just gamble at that time since every black move need to be precise unlike white.

[@ritikhans372]

@@isaac7272 true

[@8421brijesh]

India mopped up and we took the crumbs. Perfect summarization

[@Liberty55555]

This you call not perfect but funny summarisation. Be kind Be Humble when you get opportunity

[@d4rksol123]

Perfect would imply accurate summarization. This was of course not accurate summarization just a humble assessment coz Fabi wanted to pay respect to how well India played in the Olympiad. USA did pretty well too of course and they too earned the medal.

[@guitarsoupify]

@@d4rksol123 god forbid someone express that they enjoyed a humorous turn of phrase. learn how to have fun

[@d4rksol123]

@@guitarsoupify I dont believe in god :P .. Did I hurt your feelings somehow? Did you think I was disrespectful to the person I replied to? Why do you assume I dont know how to have fun? You want to preach, but I just corrected someone without any judgements, you judged my character on the other hand without knowing me. Doesn't it feel ironical?

[@shreyasmahendra6809]

​@@d4rksol123and why do u feel they needed correcting? It was a perfectly apt and accurate summarisation as well as fabi acknowledging that India played great. Two things can be true at once. So stop acting as if u know what's right and they don't

[@ajaxjaiswal3442]

It was very cold 🥶 of gukesh when he said he had to return the favour to Uzbekistan, and he did spectacularly 😊

[@lordwiz2236]

In which interview did he say that ,?

[@proxima713]

No he said he had to pay back the debt to India for the loss against Uzbekistan

[@choudharyratnadeep]

Also said it ​@@proxima713

[@TheSwaghilist]

Ding needs a mushroom trip in the Sangre De Cristos

[@hshura09]

Or ayahuasca

[@ArnavChaudhary-yq6vq]

😂😂

[@Randomthings1210]

Was waiting for the pod, thanks guys

[@csqpod]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@HenryTho]

Fabi you’ll be back over 2800 in no time

[@mjacton]

I know it's part of being in his position, but Caruana's memory impresses me to no end.

[@Health-Blitz]

Fabi Looks like a Formula 1 Race Driver

[@blackman7186]

We really need to get used to the "India" tier when it comes to Olympiads from now on 😆😭

[@janvysatya6595]

He is so honest and talkative, love him

[@DeutscherSchachbund]

We are proud on our German team and how they recovered🎉🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@Ps_10_10]

gut

[@StrangeJoe]

Keymer flopped he was supposed to be a top 3 board 1

[@31redorange08]

"of", nicht "on".

[@lakshyatripathi8624]

​​@@StrangeJoeHe is a bit younger than guys like Gukesh and Nodirbek and Arjun so he might turn out to be just as good or even better. Maybe next time.

[@marc3746]

​@@lakshyatripathi8624 He isnt. He Turns 20 this November. Gukesh is 18, I think

[@arjunmalhotra4814]

Wonderful commitment Fabi. Kudos

[@cheddacheesechess]

Props for doing these podcasts.. the best chess podcast hands down

[@Lamcuyp572L]

Fabi looks like Uncle Junior from the Sopranos

[@evensaj]

Haha

[@capatazzzzz]

Even sounds like him sometimes!

[@dingliren-d5j]

Your father never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

[@michelvoortman4725]

I usually get some Barton Fink vibes from him.

[@saturo_nipon]

on board 1 - Gukesh - gold, Nodirbek Silver, Magnus Bronze. same result 2022 & 2024

[@onelord215]

18:30 India ..You are welcome

[@emanuelrosenthal4271]

Chinas womens team was absolutely absurd. They have the 4 highest players in the world and 0 shows up.

[@MamallanT]

Whenever Fabi is there, just hear his views, and reassess our own views... He may not reveal all actual points, but definitely he may touchbase briefly

[@ifrmin5021]

46th Chess Olympiad in Taskent, Uzbekistan !

[@samarthbagwe1736]

India is winning that too

[@_Infocars]

By then India will have two 2800 players & a world champion hopefully

[@proxima713]

Hopefully Nihal Sarin will be there too and maybe another Indian prodigy 😝

[@NotQuiteFirst]

I need to know what Christian's annual haircut budget is

[@r0binho386]

And they're all a bit shit, too

[@AlexBanzea]

Underrated comment

[@blohot]

The MVP of the Olympiad was Divya Deshmukh. The girl is 18, same age as Gukesh and plays with such poise and maturity.

[@BobbyRunout_SmoothMoves]

She did a fantastic job but be serious. Gukesh had a 3000+ performance rating

[@d4rksol123]

@@BobbyRunout_SmoothMoves Divya would still have a possibly stronger claim to being the MVP. Gukesh played brilliant of course, but I think Divya ended up being much more critical to their team's gold than Gukesh was to his team's. MVP is more a reflection of that aspect.

[@lemarkexyz2931]

Gukesh was the best player.. Divya was the MVP

[@BobbyRunout_SmoothMoves]

@@d4rksol123 fair, from that angle maybe so

[@kunalsingh4418]

​@@d4rksol123 true. Although Gukesh performance was critical to India's medal, he didnt solo carry, since both Arjun and Vidit carried big parts of burden too. Divya pretty much did solo carry, though Vantika on board 4 did great as well.

[@joylife428]

Being an indian i love fabis honesty . We expect ourselves to be honest and humble in everything we do. The only difference between indians and americans is that we celebrate better 😂

[@Haxerous]

21:16 the second place score was low probably because India beat almost everyone who was a contender for silver.

[@emotionalIntelligence2078]

I didn't like the attitude of the US team- China's attitude just deteriorated by each round. - Either it was laidback approach or Fabi had a lot of burden. Probably that's why went reverse psychology mode to go offensive against Gukesh, who was in new skin after shedding away his last ounces of stress against Wei. - Wessely cooked pragg hard that pragg couldn't make it a draw, or was relaxed after the China match. Arjun finished his match the last against aronian- kept at board3 bcoz of what Fabi "implicitly" said- bad at stress handling. - Vidit was consistent with bermuda party recharge😂- was forced by Team Captn to steam out the exhaustion which Fabi mentioned. (Doesn't seem like that Fabi was there at the party) - Looking fwd to a Fabulous play by Caruana in November.🤘

[@itjustworks4824]

I really thought Keymar appeared out of nowehere when Fabi was talking about hime

[@songoku-jx3cb]

It was sheer dominance from india and apart from vidit the rest of the guys have miles to go still . They will be much better in 2 years .

[@sreesub]

Vokhidov deserves special mention. He won gold in Board 4.

[@eldhogeorge4782]

Arjun?

[@rollingbombs9796]

@@eldhogeorge4782 arjun got gold in board 3

[@eldhogeorge4782]

@@rollingbombs9796 yeah. my bad.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

he's overtaken Yakubboev and Sindarov in rating too! Uzbekistan basically have a clear board one and three board two and a halves so whichever one of those three players that ends up on board 4 is going to have a field day (similarly when India put Arjun on board 3)

[@samarthbagwe1736]

Yeah it's irrelevant They were jealous of India and even Put false allegations of cheating

[@Najdorfc5]

Best chess podcast, Fabiano the most likeable person in chess.

[@arnavthescientist1149]

Arjun & Gukesh to 2800 button

[@isfindiyarkhan5420]

inshaAllah, within no time 🇮🇳

[@atulvaibhav5376]

​@@isfindiyarkhan5420nooo...

[@sanjaykothari2597]

Fabi is just so honest n has accepted the outcome with grace !!❤

[@Corteum]

What's it going to take for Fabi to get back to 2851? We need to create an incentive. What could that incentive be??

[@deadlyninja8391]

Nice Analysis again. I think our team is young, hungry, connected and has both width and depth. All of this is strength I think.

[@mothudimothudi2946]

Fabi is 2800 member. He doesn't have to prove it at all.

[@lordofblood2024]

100% agreed.

[@intercalz]

Nobody has to prove anything, Magnus could sit it out as well. Fabi is likeable, but it was not his best performance.

[@philburns5656]

He is up in 2800 area for yeeeears. He even was only 3 points behind No. 1 Magnus one time.

[@seya_2]

He's the third highest rated of all time. I don't think anyone is going to be questioning his ability anytime soon

[@curio78]

It was clear Fabi pushed it too hard to create something from a drawn position to blunder.

[@insidercam]

Wonderful, guys. I was waiting for your Olympiad analysis especially because I wanted to see Fabi's state afterwards and I'm glad to see it's pretty fine. :) I know he was disappointed about that game, it was obvious, but I was also hoping he wouldn't take it too hard on himself. And yes, unfortunately all those difficult games before the game with Gukesh had an impact on the tiredness, the pressure falling on a few of the team is exhausting in time. Why would Fabi not show up for an individual medal if he had got it? Why, Fabi? I understand you would be feeling bad about the team not winning, but it wouldn't be your fault the team is not winning and you winning individually. You shouldn't consider you have no right to be glad about winning something individually in this case. What, do you think you have to "drag your team to the podium" in order to feel entitled to receive your individual prize? You are not the only one in the team, that's why it's a team work. You know what Wesley said now before the last or the penultimate round: that he was feeling he has to try harder and get a win so as not to let everything fall on your and Levon's shoulders because it's not fair. You saw that, right? This is the right attitude and mentality. I know you are very conscientious and hardworking, this is you and those are some of the reasons I (and others) admire you for. But you have the right to be happy about any victory you might have. It's not like you stole that prize. If you win it, you deserve it. If you win it, go and take it. :) We all love you. Ah, that cap! I almost didn't recognise you. :)) All that hair gone. I'm glad I saw you with a cap also, in case I ever see you in any airport, to be able to spot you. :)) Hugs from Romania, Cami.

[@felix_1510]

I see the Term SS Tier critical as a german

[@Tobi-pn2xs]

I agree, chess players are not dressed nearly as fashionably. /SS

[@ata-abasilawrence3989]

Whats the future like for USA mens chess cos India and Uzbekistan have a very bright future

[@sahasransusbarik]

Future of USA- Start scouting promising talents from all over the world😂😂😂

[@divyaanshverma8304]

Hans is the future

[@sahilrizvi6583]

Come on fabi!!! You can do it! Love from India!

[@TheChessWorld64]

Another great video, thanks guys! I know this might not be the biggest channel or getting tons of views, but I love it and appreciate that I can hear the thoughts of one of the best chess players in the world

[@NMBrayanAmaya]

Fabiano you are a goat bro carrying team USA keep going!

[@jonathanace7950]

What went better? “Oh we were kind of lucky” Love it 😂

[@Juanmanuely2022]

Great commentary. Thanks!

[@RaviChandran-fv5lo]

Insane how US came second without facing Uzb. Swiss Gambit is real lol

[@flooent]

Walking while podcasting kind of works for you guys. Consider doing that more often!

[@princebalor6472]

Fabi is such a humble man :)

[@harshitraja4319]

Cristian with the Egyptian cut:)

[@Mr.greatwhiteshark]

Fabi reminds me of Mario, perhaps the mustache.

[@AlarcoElectro]

Italian

[@salvo10ct]

Indeed he is a bit italian

[@samyakhp4353]

Fabi saying this about india shows how absolutely dominant they were.

[@VaRag98]

Kudos to Fabi to giving it all for America 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@irgendwerjoker]

A lot of teams were sick. I think that's a factor that is easily overlooked, especially since sickness doesn't appear on stats ...

[@maxaarons7093]

Sick of winning lol? Cope buddy the better team swept the tournament

[@irgendwerjoker]

@@maxaarons7093 try playing an OTB tournament with a heavy flu and fever...

[@maxaarons7093]

@@irgendwerjoker yeah and none of the players said they had heavy flu and fever, neither did they look like it. So stop coping and sulking , India was better

[@Lionhearted626]

Thanks guys! Congrats for the performance for the team Fabiano!🎉

[@FongYukYu]

Bahaha 0:18 in and Christian is already bringing the heat💀 Bc this IS a wierd ass camera angle. I feel like we just skipped class to join a super secret club meeting in a quiet corner somewhere

[@ahmedmohsen656]

Would the standings be changed if hikaru played olympiads, would the team fight for gold if he were on board 1 or 2?

[@debasishray1661]

It is not going to be same members of India in next Olympics..next gen is coming up fast and furiously..the no of GM will cross 100 by next year..

[@kartz2010]

Not an iota of arrogance in Fabi. He manages to give an honest opinion without hurting anyone.

[@anands9194]

USA ,a team full of imported players from around the world.

[@prcbras]

I disagree that China is a tier down from Uzbekistan. China were in second most of the tournament and Uzbekistan had to win on demand to surpass them while China only needed a draw in the final round. They ended up with the same points, along with USA, but got the medal due to tiebreaks. So I'd say they are in the same tier, to say they were better during the tournament isn't indicative of what occurred, especially when in their head to head China beat them, even with Ding not converting his winning position. China was this close to a medal, but... another heartbreak for Ding Liren.

[@pierQRzt180]

_"an SS Tier"_ 😨

[@jamesjc]

very objective assessment by Fabi, a very humble, sincere guy 💐

[@sbramp]

Hikaru was needed for team US

[@sahasransusbarik]

Team US needs Carlson, Gukesh, Ding, Arjun, Nepo, Pragg to get the medal.😂😂😂

[@eudin1736]

zero words about romania, way to go bro. In the end he is from romania and men's romania team had a good tournament

[@ritikhans372]

u did well fabi ggs

[@ashmilibrahim6826]

What is Mike Ross taking SAT doing with Christian?

[@MohammedKazem-b3p]

Thank you very much, your follower from Iraq ❤❤❤

[@rexfariss5653]

You can do it Fabi!

[@travistucker4067]

Great tournament overall!🔥🔥🔥

[@otakuhunter4817]

i liked he talked about women chess

[@rimurutempest2130]

Heyy Christian bhaiii😮

[@apratimroy5857]

Love and respect to fabi sir from india❤

[@jaspreetmodi]

good interview esp the walking part

[@darcylinde5438]

IM Alex Banzea lurking in the background at 16:20? 🤔

[@premmilindgujrathi]

No one had a contention for the 1st place 😂

[@ParryM1991]

India and US were fairly equal. US would have been stronger if Hikaru had played. But then India could have also got Anand on the fourth board and do better. Overall these two countries remain at the top.

[@isaac7272]

Fabi risk alot of his game trying risky line to win in a draw position for his team. Rating doesnt mean everything for him. He could had draw gukesh if he want to.

[@ultimatepikachu3106]

yea but he definitely underestimated him

[@massiah1298]

Why didn't Hikaru participated..

[@datdudeinred]

"Or create a new tier for India"😂

[@oraz.]

Whys the camera over there

[@biophil]

You could at least write in the description who you're interviewing

[@sushicooking]

20:20 why do those trees look like kale ?😂

[@evensaj]

Usa team is compromised of legends

[@pankajsinghparihar5168]

Not compromised🤭...it's comprised of Legends.

[@evensaj]

@@pankajsinghparihar5168 yes spelling nazi 😉

[@tgb-vf4es]

​@@evensaj It's not a spelling issue, it's a vocabulary issue (you use words the meaning of which you don't know - as you clearly don't know what "spelling" means either). "Compromised of legends", while ungrammatical, might mean that the US team is undermined by its legends - which is a decent point to argue, considering Hikaru didn't play, and So didn't do very well.

[@evensaj]

@@tgb-vf4es totally get you buddy, but somehow it never crosses anybody's mind that it could be a autocomplete typo from my phone when typing 💀

[@dhananjayrathod-tt7me]

US DID WELL , LOVE FORM NEPAL

[@Majo_404]

Who‘s the knterviewer? Doesn‘t like Christian or Fabi

[@aainuddin1]

David Beckham button

[@VasilisaLoginova-l1w]

Awesome content��

[@ID123Test]

Nice objective and without emotion analysis.

[@sweekritipatle8815]

Was febi

[@GeorgiyPotapov-x9c]

Can you really earn this much from trading?

[@Viikitiki123]

Fabi ❤

[@sahasransusbarik]

HOW TO GET MEDALS ? USA - Start scouting talents from all over the world.😂😂😂 England to USA - Okay Son, keep following my footsteps.😂😂😂

[@aerukei]

I know this is off-topic and some of you may think that I'm saying nonsense but I'll drop this anyway: it's my first time seeing you with the cap, and the cap suits you well, Fabi.

[@pierQRzt180]

I do think that China had a good chance for silver too. Had they not lost against the US, but drawn, then they were silver without problems.

[@Anonymous-8080]

Had they this had they that.......

[@buddhism7858]

and ding liren not playing against India was a blunder...Whats the point of being world champion if you are seen as too afraid to play a contender

[@architjindal501]

At around 1 minute left- Let's talk about women 😂