Kramnik & ChessBase India Controversy | C-Squared

[@manojlds]

Sagar Shah is a great ambassador for the sport

[@uurk5lo4]

@@manojldsright 👍 try Magnus carlson?!

[@arindambhattacharya2532]

Sagar is an underrated superstar for Indian chess. He is super committed to the cause.

[@PCruz-md1jb]

What an amazing guy Sagar is. Enjoyed his coverage of the WC. Even though he was clearly rooting for Gukesh the commentary never felt tried to put down Ding. Quite to the contrary, they praised Dings play when he demolished Gukesh and gave Ding credit for his tenacious and brilliant defense when Gukesh was pushing for a win. But what made me select chessbaaeindia for the WC broadcast was the awesome level of energy and excitement their channel had.

[@bunimaheart95]

Truth is Kramnik is a legend in the game who has gone paranoid of cheaters after online chess.

[@2639theboss]

Gone paranoid. Just generally paranoid. Not just in online chess.

[@TheCivilEngineer22]

I mean their entire life revolves around chess, you're bound to go insane.

[@physco4641]

​@@2639thebosssometimes it feels like it's not just paranoia he's doing it for attention

[@ID123Test]

He has not forgotten the favours from the past and is not allowing an incident to sour the years of relationship. Mark my words - Future FIDE chief

[@sdaiwepm]

Very insightful interview - this is the most impressed I have ever been by Sagar!

[@kulakarnisanketh1022]

What a sweet guy

[@uurk5lo4]

Right! 👌 Try telling that to one magnus monster ego carlson! 😂

[@gouravnagda6080]

Any sense?

[@atinjanki2651]

Positivity Personified!

[@atechrecyclers6978]

Sagar is a class act I must say

[@hiddencuber2250]

Fabi's face in the entire video looks like he's getting a career advice from his father.

[@rouenyu]

Other than Anand, Indian chess benefits greatly from Kramnik and Gelfand.

[@crbgaming6683]

Kramnik did nothing for indians stop making kramnik hero lol😂

[@MajesticMango-f7h2010]

​@@crbgaming6683 You didnt even see 1 minute of this video. He is just a bad human maybe right now.

[@ishaanrohmetra3447]

@@crbgaming6683 russians did helped indian chess to grow kramnik also helped youngsters like prag, gukesh etc by doing camps he is a legend but also a nonsense guy .

[@crbgaming6683]

@MajesticMango-f7h2010 I saw the whole interview

[@dr.utkarshshaha1978]

Kramnik was the first of legend tier to train the youngsters. Anand though might have motivated them for chess but came very late in their training. You should give the credit where it's due​@@crbgaming6683

[@friendlystonepeople]

That was a great reply to a baiting question.

[@Nathan-qc4gz]

L comment

[@Interspirituality]

sagar op!

[@StrategicSpoon]

At this point fide should give sagar shah a honorary GM

[@ketchuploverful]

CLICKBAIT MUCH?

[@casualgambit674]

ikr, shameless as always

[@physco4641]

It's how youtube works.

[@golendorfjules1838]

This is the worst chess podcast there is ever, it's crazy the gap between how bad it is compared to how great it should be. Christian need to gtfo asap he is just bad, podcast is bad because of him

[@golendorfjules1838]

It's the worst chess podcast ever. Crazy the gap there is between how bad it is and how great it should be. Christian you need to gtfo, you are not great at this despite what you think. I feel for fabi.

[@turdeaugottago114]

never go full kramnik

[@MrSupernova111]

Very cool! I dislike when people start calling someone crazy simply because they disagree. Kramnik will always be a world champion no matter how many people try to discredit him.

[@navd1488]

But he is doing very bad things recently. His witchhunts are causing harm to many

[@2639theboss]

But he is crazy. Like hes actually completely paranoid and uninformed on modern chess and society. No one is descrediting his prior achievements. No one has suggested he cant play chess, or wasnt a world champion, or that we should take away his accomplishments. Youre framing youself as being against a dialogue that isnt happening.

[@MrSupernova111]

@@2639theboss . Calling someone crazy isn't dialog. Its attacking someone verbally.

[@2639theboss]

@MrSupernova111 Claiming dozens of GMs are cheating, with no prior history of cheating and no proof is also not dialogue. Yet Kramnik does it regardless. And unlike calling him crazy, cheating accusations have actual financial consequences.

[@ajitsen6927]

​@@MrSupernova111and what do you think kramnik is doing by calling others cheaters with zero proof ? its so bad even other Super GMs are calling him out . kramnik is tarnishing kramniks image.

[@UjwalRam]

Sagar sharing such valuable information and strengths of Kramnik

[@syoudipta]

So Kramnik had a huge contribution in India regaining the World Title.

[@shriyahari9855]

Sagar is so so generous here. wow. (If anything, Sagar's response shows how ludicrous the claims by Kramnik were.)

[@alexanderpedersen1401]

What a great guy 🥇

[@c.c.1197]

Another kramdick move

[@Ireniicus]

Sagar is lovely but Kramnik is a disgrace

[@subramanianrs318]

Whatever spin one puts on it there is no denying the fact that Kramnik has gone way over the hill!- and that is being charitable to him- like Sagar is in this video! 🤷

[@LostSpider]

This is complete BS, how the F players would know that the mobiles are complete harmless? chess players do not know if the mobile phone is malicious or not, the fact is that when t player do see the mobile phone they get suspicious and are distracted, as Magnus has complained in previous tournament? How is that FIDE goes nuclear for some jeans but goes completly laize faire and gives priviledges to these guys to introduce mobile phones in the room?. The main concern of FIDE should be the peace of mind of the players, not to accomodate some media people because they cannot get proper equipment. Wrong from India chess base for introducing mobile phones in the game area and adding ansiety to the players, and wrong from FIDE for not puting the confort and peace of mind of the players first.

[@BarnaliSarkar-bi4tl]

But Chessbase India actually caters to a lot of audience, by steaming the games live specially in such an important event like the Olympiad . As Sagar shah mentioned , there were not even the basic requirements available to record via cameras. And if fide which actually governs the tournament , approves of it then it can't be blamed on sagar as he just plays the role of a medium . The jeans situation is just comical . Fide at this point is just an underwhelming as well as an unreasonably assertive organisation.

[@sdaiwepm]

Did you watch the video? Not everyone is a cheater - if you ask for permission, make your case, and do things in the open, often you can get permission. As for "peace of mind," I don't think that's been Kramnik's main contribution to chess this year!

[@MajesticMango-f7h2010]

Fide definitely checks the phone.😂

[@nyknayak]

stop being a troll and get a life instead! And if "peace of mind" was a thing, then all chess matches would be played in sound proof rooms with blacked out curtains! not with media, audience and bloody headphones blasting music!

[@noothangowdaml5167]

Don't comment without listening completely, first listen with some patience and then comment , OK Brother😅?

[@prosenjithalder9520]

Cramnik and all rusia chess federation fail against India