Garry Kasparov vs Magnus Carlsen at 13 years old | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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Magnus Carlsen is the highest-rated chess player in history and widely considered to be the greatest chess player of all time.
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[@LexClips]

Full conversation with Magnus Carlsen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZouyY2uEqdCqrbM Quick note from Lex: The camera on Magnus died 20 minutes in. Most folks still just listen to audio-only version, but here on KZbin we did our best to still make it interesting to watch & listen by adding image overlays. I mess things up sometimes, like in this case, and it hits me hard when I do. I'm sorry for this. I'm always working hard to improve. I hope you understand. Thank you for your patience and support along the way. I love you all.

[@Mutual_Information]

I'm sure Garry, at the time, would've felt better knowing Magnus would go onto becoming one of the greatest chess players over all time.

[@mariofox8377]

He surely knew...lol

[@simonb4689]

The greatest

[@champtech8755]

Well, Garry did give Magnus a leg up to become the greatest one, right people? Maybe he would become the greatest on his own, but you never know.

[@cmc2110]

Garry was better so no need to feel better drawing against someone you’re better than. Even now at peak Magnus strength Garry can claim to be better

[@louispeters152]

Magnus highest rated player ever...

[@vesper8337]

there poker faces are impressive..

[@scottpitner4298]

Carlsens ability to recall details is amazing

[@TaskerFilms]

It absolutely is. It's so insane. I am in awe and glad you made this comment because I cannot conceptualize such a feat

[@telecorpse1957]

It reminds me of how Vitalik Buterin, when telling Lex about crypto scams, casually mentioned the exact second in a youtube video when the bitconnect guy yells "BITCONEEEEECT!!!"

[@lovablesnowman]

Yeah it's crazy. With memory like that he must be decent at chess

[@TaskerFilms]

@@lovablesnowman he's okay, but after a few drinks it becomes questionable 😂

[@RC-ic1co]

There might be an interesting piece of context here: Whatever the actual games were like back then - there was a rather sensationalist news story on it, that you can still easily find on KZbin (including knowledgeable comments on how it is wrong). It depicts what happened as if Kasparov struggled badly against this chess child prodigy. Which, of course, makes an entertaining story (just as they say at the end of this video).

[@MikeD_]

I'm a bit confused listening to this. Lex seems to be positioning this as Kasparov lost to Magnus, when Kasparov won two of the three and the third was a draw. Carlsen didn't win any of the three games. Is it simply that drawing to a 13-year-old is that embarrassing, and is therefore viewed as a loss?

[@benjaminrice9551]

More-or-less, yes. Kasparov is considered to be one of the best players ever, if not the greatest player ever, to draw to a child (in chess) would be considered a loss.

[@notricky1680]

Imagine Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan tying with a 13 year old in a 1 on 1 basketball game

[@heehee4651]

@@notricky1680 feel like a better comparison would be losing a debate to a 13 yr old

[@oscuffed]

@@TackJorrance It is, in the sense that 13 year olds are less physically and mentally developed than adults, let alone masters of their fields.

[@PC-vp2cg]

Don't listen to the people who clearly know nothing about chess. You can obviously not compare it to Basketball 1v1 because it was a rapid match, which means that the time control is shorter and so there is less time for finding the best possible moves. It's impressive nonetheless but Kasparov would have mopped the floor with Carlsen at this age every time in a classical match, in a rapid match the skill difference is usually smaller

[@DontSuworow]

I find it more interesting to watch with that short video clips showing what they are talking about. I know its because of the camera died. But its just more fun.

[@cyberhype5495]

YESSSSS it was perfect timing also after seeing the guest for 20 minutes the podcast should diverge like that more often.

[@rainierdavid]

Reading The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb, as he explains how we are terrible at predictions, and then we're magnificent at lying to ourselves once randomness happens. Video struck a cord.

[@ThePiePig]

Would you believe it, I am reading that book now, and was going to read a bit of it right after I watched this video! It’s packed with details hey… fantastic book thus far

[@jimmyfuckthechainofcommand4332]

I think that's too much of a generalization though. A lot of prodigies turn out great. Of course there are a lot of misses as well, but I disagree with Magnus on this. It's pretty clear when someone has a chance to be very special. It doesn't always pan out, but it does more often than people assume in the very special cases like Magnus. If you go to the wiki page of the youngest grandmasters in history at various points, that list is filled with top 20 players, world champions, world championship challengers and world championship candidates. And a couple in this generation are on their way there too.

[@jmattrinehart]

Great book

[@CREWorxMedia]

Lex, you should get Garry Kasparov on the show! Would love to hear his stories about chess and current take on Russia/Ukrain situation. Would be a very interesting interview indeed. Давай давай, мы ждём!! Roman

[@Guilherme-nc5li]

He was already on the show

[@wh7988]

Lex alr did an interview with Gary

[@docwillis1443]

Agreed

[@TDrewCook]

I wish chess was more popular amongst people my age in America

[@drizzydaniell6907]

Just find where poeple play u will find good people and friendships

[@luismoreno9633]

For what? There’s plenty of players to play against already. Just get online.

[@YManCyberDude]

Don't we all . . .

[@TDrewCook]

@@luismoreno9633 Nothing beats sitting down and playing in real life though