MASSIVE Chess Drama: Magnus, Hikaru, FIDE

[@GothamChess]

Who has tried Chessly 2.0? Early thoughts?

[@HC.__]

🔥

[@phlix7436]

Brilliant

[@mohrbimoumen2715]

It's really good

[@votim6038]

Too much chess

[@mikeanderson1722]

Loving it so far, I'll probably subscribe once my free trial is over.

[@topchess]

bro did the combo title milking

[@Rathod-1123]

He knows how to milk them

[@Manuchehr_Raupov]

yo you're here

[@mervehasturk4636]

Heyyy

[@TheRealInchon]

Ofc, do you expect a title of a levy video that does not include magnus or hikaru in the title?

[@CNWPlayer]

batman can't get enough of em milkers ;)

[@mursuka80]

As a fan of football, F1 and chess i have learned, that if your governing body name starts with an F it is corrupt or full of people who have no idea how to grow the sport.

[@ccfshorts101]

Freestyle also starts with a f

[@axelbauh7937]

Yup. But this is Fisher random.. wait... Oh no!​@@ccfshorts101

[@SilaenNaseReborn]

why is it that every chess fan i meet is an F1 and football fan

[@AyoolaLadapo-hg7vs]

So does Fagnus...and Fikaru

[@Covfefe_Jelly]

Im not a futbol fan (yet) but I love me some f1 and chess so hopefully that cut your statistics.

[@clearv1sion]

When Levy retires from KZbin and becomes a farmer, he will name his first cow Magnus Carlsen

[@donsurlylyte]

my boy is from NYC, he aint gonna be a farmer.

[@patogordo1385]

@@donsurlylyte he wants to be a farmer tho

[@Johanofsweden]

Moognus Carlsen

[@db202db]

… Or Magnus Cowsen

[@brycepeddicord6763]

Moognus cowson😊

[@KEMPTON861]

0:00 Video starts 0:00 Ladies and gentleman... 1:16 Drama recap 4:13 Hikaru's video on almost skipping the WRB 7:01 How is FIDE involved? 10:11 Fresstyle chess 13:56 The Professional Chess Association 16:10 So, to summarize... 18:08 That's all I have for you today, buy a chessly course, get outta here 18:22 Video ends

[@patogordo1385]

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[@kingkoopa2-l3d]

gods chosen warrior

[@JesusPlsSaveMe]

​@@patogordo1385 *Revelation 3:20* Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. HEY THERE 🤗 JESUS IS CALLING YOU TODAY. Turn away from your sins, confess, forsake them and live the victorious life. God bless. *Revelation 22:12-14* And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

[@TheMidnightExpress12]

Im surprised Levy rarely has video captions on his videos

[@christolo3637]

Where's Magnus Carlsen

[@DavidWilliams-nm5jv]

This is LITERALY what just happened in golf. A hugely well funded tour started, and players were forced to choose... until eventually they all merged back together. We've seen this in many sports over the years - hell, boxing is a complete mess because of it.

[@CCtheRapperman]

"Merged" is an interesting way to put it, i definitely think LIV won over PGA. Id more say that the new well funded tour literally just took over the "classical" company

[@alveolate]

im not even a baseball fan, but didn't they also have a huge competitor many decades ago? i think this happens all the damn time, especially when the "main" organiser is doing a bad job and the top players/teams feel like they deserve better.

[@fuuster]

I'd say it's more similar to World Series Cricket. The organisation trying to withhold traditions while players are trying to change the game to bring in crowds and network television.

[@Conz3D]

Yep, I wanted to post the same comment regarding WBA and WBC in boxing.

[@Tampafan33]

It did not. The pga will always be the bigger brand especially in america. I’d also like to point out working with liv youre admitting you support terrorists and the money you’re getting is terrorist funded.😂😂😂

[@stine7144]

Honestly, why is FIDE so angry? Freestyle is 960. FIDE doesnt do ANYTHING related to 960. Its not like the freestyle group is trying to take over classical chess or anything. They are just a private organizer of a type of event that fide doesnt bother to do. And they were threatening to ban people from playing FIDE events if they played in freestyle?! Insane. I mean. Its like saying; If you play Norway chess (classical, privately organized) or Tata steel (classical, privately organized) you arent allowed to play the FIDE world cup. They are insane. Sutovsky mostly, but all of fide is koooo-koo

[@andreidinu7316]

Because sponsorships and ultimately, money. If you allow the number 1 rated player to play a different world championship than yours, what do you think will happen to your ratings and sponsorships?

[@zb5775]

It's a turf war ... the way mafia bosses protect their turf.

[@Roflikkk]

You make a statement and debunk it withing the next sentence. Are FIDE threatening someone simply because of them playing in a different tournament? No, otherwise it would be the same in all other private tournaments.

[@lockytonight5110]

On the long run it will be bad

[@infantiltinferno]

It certainly smells like someone didn't get their kickback, that's for sure. International sport federations tend to attract a certain breed, and I don't just mean FIFA or FIE or UCI or whatever governing body is in the news as of late.

[@caerdwyn7467]

This pattern, with an organization thinking they basically “own” a game or sport whose rules don’t have an owner, comes up again and again. It never has anything to do with the sport or game; it is always about money for the lawyers and prestige for wannabe “owners”. FIDE no more “owns” chess or the words “world champion” than the FIA “owns” auto racing or the words “champion driver”. They need to get over themselves and realize they serve, not command. FIDE needs the top players a hell of a lot more than the top players need them.

[@vezokpiraka]

Absolutely insane that somehow both these sports have dumbass governing bodies.

[@loganlasvegas]

If you follow golf, this sounds like same kind of beef between PGA vs LIV golf tours.

[@alphonsis6183]

@loganlasvegas yes, and we saw how attempting to ban players from pga tournaments worked out for the pga (not well lol)

[@hisdudeness690]

your argument would hold more water if FIDE was a "for profit" organization, but it's not. They do not "own" chess, as they do not have any monetary incentive, unlike these so-called top players who are in it for money and nothing else.

[@sharpieman2035]

Same with FIFA At least with American sports bodies, they mostly stay in their own lane and don’t try and govern lower levels of competition. Seems like the “international bodies” are when the problems really come in…

[@alphonsis6183]

IP attorney here: "World Chess Championship" is inherently generic, and is not protectible as a trademark (for the most part)

[@dylanwilliams8428]

Interesting, so I can run any World *** Championship I want, and the governing org can't stop me? And then the winner can put 'World *** Champion' on their resume? Interesting indeed

[@asumazilla]

​@@dylanwilliams8428To me it would need to be open, but I do t think The World Series is for example.

[@garyfeeney2112]

Thanks for this. Could you clarify the 'for the most oart'. Is there an example you can give where it could be trademarked?

[@pschneider1968]

There were renowned and accepted World Chess Champions and World Chess Championship matches long before FIDE even existed.

[@omnitekt]

You're the most duplicitous attorney ever.

[@victorsarachaga7064]

I would like to remind the chess world that the contestant for the 1998 match against Kasparov was Alexei Shirov. He won Kramnik 5.5 to 3.5 fair and square. He got no chance to fight for the title, one of many unfair events in chess history.

[@rouenyu]

Precisely. This just proves an individual arranging the whole thing is no better than an organization.

[@slurpcurry4253]

Anna Cramling made a video of a game she played against Hikaru, and right before the game started, Anna asked Hikaru whether he was #2 or #3 in the world, which he responded to by saying “Who cares.” and I also remember the comments saying that Hikaru seemed upset by the question, and a lot of people thought he was being rude to Anna. But then weeks later, in one of her streams, someone asked her about it live (while I was watching) and Anna said that Hikaru and her talked a lot that day, and that he was one of the nicest people she’s ever met. Now, with this new drama, it seems more likely he wasn’t upset by the question, but rather the fact that so many people (even/especially those with influence) consider FIDE themselves and the ratings that they give out are considered to be the end-all-be-all governing body of chess. After watching Hikaru’s video, it seems he’s been privy to something like this for awhile. This comment is all speculation though. But so is this video at the time of me writing this lol

[@aidenmurphy9924]

thanks for the context

[@wingwang007]

BINGO!

[@notme222]

Clever insight. Thanks for that.

[@shauryasuri3653]

Bro cooked

[@SphealW]

Girlfriend mentioned 0:11

[@Quotes-And-Sayings]

Boyfriend*

[@OhWaker]

Husbando*

[@observerone6727]

Ouch. Calling Magnus a girl is not advised.

[@patogordo1385]

@@observerone6727 respect the goat

[@sayantanmazumdar3]

@observerone6727 He's the most majestic girl. He's waifu. King+ queen at the same time.

[@jimmyjs8907]

One thing that upset Kasparov was the fact Fischer was able to obtain a 5 million dollar purse for his rematch with Spassky far overshadowing the prize fund for Kasparov/Short.

[@abdulrehmanzubair2508]

Yeah he was Soo good so Fischer played for money

[@ArtoriasTheme]

Fischer got that purse from a sanctioned politician who no one else wanted to touch with a 10,000 ft pole, and he spent the rest of his life trying to dodge US government legal reprisal for picking up that purse, are two relevant facts here.

[@secretmoderaceplayer]

"the match with the biggest prize fund will be the true WCC!" -Kasparov 1993(surpassed by Fischer) "The field of Linares 1994 is so stacked that the winner will be the real World Champion" -Kasparov 1994(Karpov won with 11/13)

[@ehrro]

Kasparov is what Fisher was referring to when talking about the jews and he was right.

[@peterquinones3522]

@@jimmyjs8907 That was because the organizer of the match had political motives. He didn't give a flip about chess at all. He wanted to bring worldwide attention to the war in Serbia.

[@sunnaum]

the "journalistic move" is saying "as of making of this video, no parties have responded to this news outlet, so we're going to base this content solely on the public statements already mentioned". Which means: I have not talked to anybody, but I'm gonna do the story anyways

[@Glider324]

Fide put Fischer Random into it's recognised formats and formalised it but then sat on it for years and did nothing. The buried it. No wonder this is happening to them.

[@GigaShiv]

Somewhere in the corner, Kasparov is smiling with pride

[@joemaiuro3647]

Bobby Fischer created it , when he created it he called it Fischer random , why take that from him by renaming it?

[@RandalGravesNN]

You know why

[@Chizzle69420]

​@@RandalGravesNN I don't, why is it?

[@ahahaha3505]

​@@RandalGravesNNYeah but... Fischer invented it. It wasn't named in his honour.

[@guillevn]

maybe bc if you want the game to grow it’s better to not call it by the name of a sexist and antisemite person despite how good they were at the game

[@bonyourscreen]

@@Chizzle69420fisher isnt clean

[@Chris.1812]

Levy, I’ve not seen your dog for a while. I hope he’s alright. We lost one of our cats 6 or 7 weeks ago and even now it’s rare a day goes by that I don’t shed a tear for him. I’m sorry if you lost your dog

[@fuxsj6023]

sorry for your loss

[@ARAGAMINGALOK07]

Relateable. Miserable. Take care, I lost our cat too this year in April 💔

[@Chris.1812]

@@fuxsj6023 thank you

[@Chris.1812]

@ARAGAMINGALOK07 sorry for your loss

[@Chris.1812]

@@fuxsj6023 thank you

[@aajsepadhunga]

0:10 Boyfriend mentioned 0:12 Brother in law mentioned

[@starmorpheus]

Lmaoo

[@patogordo1385]

@aajsepadhunga good stuff

[@hith2re]

This is the moment that Hikaru Nakamura became Hank Schrader

[@JesusPlsSaveMe]

​@@starmorpheus *Revelation 3:20* Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. HEY THERE 🤗 JESUS IS CALLING YOU TODAY. Turn away from your sins, confess, forsake them and live the victorious life. God bless. *Revelation 22:12-14* And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

[@JesusPlsSaveMe]

​@@hith2re Where are you going after you die? What happens next? Have you ever thought about that? Repent today and give your life to Jesus Christ to obtain eternal salvation. Tomorrow may be too late my brethen😢. Hebrews 9:27 says "And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after that the judgement

[@anonimus2278]

Name should be Fischer random. Man gave his life keeping the game alive.

[@TimeNap]

Right. He was a truly great chess champion who did nothing of note off the board.

[@Glider324]

Calling it Freestyle helps with marketing.

[@barnowl2832]

He worked hard tarnishing his name too

[@JGray1066]

He doesn't even get credit for inventing modern Chess Clocks, and we all know why!

[@ll01dm]

Freestyle is a way better name for normies. And new people is what's driving the growth and the money. And let's be honest, are people really going to forget who bobby fisher is? Thats like forgetting who Maradona or Pele is.

[@roanoke999]

Chess trying not to have drama challenge: impossible

[@MasterRocking]

Pretty sure if Magnus just started his own chess federation and organised tournaments and championships then FIDE wouldn't exist within 5 years.

[@asumazilla]

Which one did Kasparov make?

[@Chris.M]

Not sure... but will get hairy for everyone

[@asumazilla]

@Chris.M Professional Chess Association, apparently. 1993 World Chess Championship.

[@Chris.M]

@@asumazilla yes, so what's your point?

[@neerajnambudiri9971]

It is not that easy... FIDE is not just organising Super Tournaments. Those, yes if someone like Carlsen starts his own federation, can easily manage. FIDE also organises (or is at least involved in scheduling and rating) almost every low to mid level tournament, which is not easy to organise and manage for any new org, regardless of who the top sponsor is. That requires infrastructure, man power which is difficult to rally and build within a few years.

[@nickgutierrez83]

Nothing says "we're the ones telling the whole truth" like "we'll release a statement next week"

[@ethan073]

There is little structural stability in chess as a sport. FIDE is the closest thing we have to that currently, but they will always lack authority if they cannot dominate player careers financially. And until that structural pillar takes form, no major sponsors will exist because the thing they’re investing in is too nebulous.

[@cygnustsp]

You are correct

[@davidloewen5528]

Interesting comment.

[@rahilkhanhere]

Definitely. People are just too emotional these days

[@slurpcurry4253]

Well said.

[@gabbo690]

Gotham, you're a good educator, a good communicator of the game, you're really handsome and really smart and quirky 13:07

[@realbeetlejuice]

why r u gei

[@xkollx]

Lol nice

[@GothamChess]

Thank you! I agree!

[@DreamscapeMaestro]

Whoa, whoa, whoa..... easy now. Lets not get carried away.

[@SnailHatan]

@@DreamscapeMaestroI’d like to be carried away by Gotham

[@mrboberson7424]

As a viewer, knowing that the players are also confused is nice. Random is cool; take the players out of standard play patterns and leave the game to skill instead of pure memorization.

[@mr.caveira8043]

Hey Levy, my girlfriend bought me your book for my birthday and I've been reading it for the last few days. Supposedly the book helps the most for players going from 0 to 1300 elo. I'm currently rated 1450 elo and I'd like to say that all the QR Codes, the way it's written and the images (everything) the experience is fantastic and I'm having a blast reading this. The usual fun facts that sometimes appear are really cool and I wasn't expecting those ahah! Although I haven't read it in its entirety yet it's already helping me in some ways... which I wasn't expecting but it's a fun surprise. I'm loving the book and I wanted to share this, not only for you but for future people that are thinking on buying the book. Many thanks and I'm waiting for the next one (I hope it comes soon)! Love from Portugal :)

[@mistrkill]

Very nice comment. Merry Christmas my friend :)

[@sayantanmazumdar3]

W girlfriend.

[@nihalbhamrah4726]

You can also learn from levy’s gf he is the world number 1 player

[@GothamChess]

Much love to you! Let the girlfriend use the book get close to you in rating!

[@weeblordgaming6062]

How many times does it mention magnus Carlsen

[@maupieman]

9:32 actually you are allowed to create your own chess association and this already almost happened in football with the "Super League". FIDE currently has a monopoly position, which is tolerated because it makes sense to have a single governing body, but it is certainly not protected against competitors by law

[@SpanishLMMD]

The fans' perspective is different here though. I think chess fans want to see exciting tournaments and their sport valued rightly whereas with the Super League there were large-scale protests by fans against the idea (and greed, in general)

[@justinmorsheim3942]

Thanks Levi, I like these news commentary videos a lot, I hope you will do these a bit more frequently (as long as there is worthy news obviously)

[@bunhead2]

Hey levy i know you primarily focus on chess recaps and beginner lessons but i really love the type of content where you speak your mind and give your thoughts on stuff love this style of content bud

[@DvdAvins]

I've thought for a while that FIDE making their organization name prominent in the events is actually undermining their status. It implies there can be others. If you call an even simply the World Championship, than later you say organized by FIDE or something, you're elevating the status of the event, inhibiting others from making other WC's, and at the same time advertising your organization. Trying to elevate the organization *over* the event won't serve either purpose as well.

[@doctorshoot]

Great post Levy I love Fischer Random it is immensely testing for positioning and responses even though the lottery grid positiions can make some extremely unusual games

[@BillyBall35]

Who's here after Magnus got disqualified for wearing jeans?

[@pomonoli]

They tried this with FIFA, a bunch of the best European clubs wanted to create the "super cup" as an alternative champions league, but FIFA wouldn't allow them to play the champions league if they did and that would cost them way too much money.

[@wooderness2824]

Levy your content makes me feel better. Thank you for getting me into chess.

[@gsc8845]

Telling players where they can play is illegal monopolistic behavior. FIDE gets no control over player lives. We are not slaves to FIDE, meant to be bent to their will.

[@deepatel123]

Is this the part where you tell us you're a 2200 rated IM? Or a 600 rated online blitz player?

[@magnumdongsen2141]

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[@francocatalan4748]

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[@wokeesg]

Levy: this video will be edited the edits: 2 transitions and text in the upper left corner 😅🤣

[@duplicate-l1y]

World Series of Chess. Single elimination tournament like March Madness

[@dominicwanzer2057]

@duplicate-l1y ohh yeah like baseball. Two leagues merged under one affiliation. The players in one league don't get to play the players in the other league in the regular season, but they do in the world series. At least for the first like 100 years. Then gradually they start interleague play. The format will be determined by who is white/black ... If two players from opposing leagues are matched up, they will play by the league rules of whomever has the White pieces (if White puece player is a Freestyle player, it will be a Freestyle game and vice versa)

[@brandonwhite4992]

Back here after the "jeans" drama that wasnt actually about jeans.

[@darkchild95]

I'm a chess casual and love these kinda videos from you Gotham!

[@hermonymusofsparta]

Nobody should have a copyright on "World Championship". FIDE should only be able to trademark their own name.

[@afterneet4421]

In freestyle press conference jan henric already said that they r going to negotiate with fide for avoiding any scheduling conflict so players can participate in both fide rated and freestyle chess

[@davidmoore1253]

IMO chess is never going to be a mass spectator sport. The most popular sports are simple and spectacular, and chess can never be either of those things.

[@UpTheCatters]

Hard to really call it a sport when the best players are all out of shape autists 😂 chess a game not a sport

[@pbholmen]

It actually did become a “mass spectator” sport in Norway, after Magnus Carlsen entered the scene. Although they only watch on TV, not on big stadiums…

[@John-p7i5g]

Disagree. The clock in particular makes it very tense and thrilling.

[@UpTheCatters]

@@John-p7i5g it definitely isn’t a sport you’d go to the pub and watch with the boys though.

[@afterneet4421]

​​@@pbholmenyes and same goes for india after chess boom in covid but its not being broadcasted on tv still norway provides very good coverage of wc rapid and blitz

[@MrMartinSchou]

"You can't just come in and call yourself the world champion!" I'm sure boxing and MMA are giving you the confused side-eye.

[@akashihayate910]

This was an excellent video, hope you give us an update in a month or two when more information drops, maybe even interview Hikaru or Magnus about this? Who knows.

[@Shloksurana]

these are the most cuts we ever see in a levy video

[@pullupterraine199]

Such thing already happened in football: a couple of European top teams teamed up against UEFA, because their wanted their own Champions League, for themselves, and for even more money. They were pretty much antagonized by UEFA. Also, Kasparov has created the The Professional Chess Association which existed for 3-4 years until its demise.

[@m3ntal2k]

Similar thing happened in darts too, PDC split from BDO taking the top players and starting their own world championship, BDO eventually went bust because PDC made all the money.

[@alohatigers1199]

UEFA wants to create their own “super league”. This season, the format has changed. From playing 6 games to 8 games. Slowly, they will change it again. It will become UEFA super league

[@karimhatem1321]

as a football fan there were similar issues with FIFA and the superleague project that FIFA tried to shut it down because it was going to replace the most premium league in Europe the champions League

[@andrespineda7620]

Thanks for this very informative video. It really helps us mere mortals get a glimpse of an understanding. Keep up the good work!

[@yusufelkatmis5161]

" I can’t remember the opening moves of the London " etc is actually the beauty about freestyle chess since it’s not about memorisation. Freestyle chess is easier than normal chess especially for newbies and amateurs you dont have to remember certain opening lines and you don’t auto lose bec you can’t memorise the enemy opening. Its much less about preparation which is a good thing

[@vojtechnovacek7776]

This can finally be the start of FIDE downfall and a new system where more players would be able to make a living. Like tennis' open era or darts' PDC.

[@peterquinones3522]

In 1972 General Motors offered Bobby Fischer 10 million dollars to do a car commercial.😮

[@yellowconsole5631]

Damn thats crazy

[@kaleoleitholdt9356]

By that time, lots of Dollars!

[@sayantanmazumdar3]

That's more than 75 million USD today.

[@DeCeroaHeroeChess]

Actually incredible.

[@gregorio87]

@kaleoleitholdt9356 by ANYTIME, lots of dollars!

[@omthakare490]

13:00 bro is making his own happiness 💀

[@omthakare490]

@eternalyt5175 who is teju 👺

[@tejas_2822]

​@@omthakare490👺

[@2Links]

welp, he just left the rapid and blitz world championship over it... he's just fed up

[@mohnanoa]

I love those kinds of videos I would love to see a channel where you just talk

[@allanz3244]

“Chess drama” is the only thing dramatic here. Chess is very not dramatic at all. It’s the lack of excitement that gets people riled up

[@swagmuffin9000]

Not sure how much you have played, but I thought that before playing. If you haven't, I'd recommend getting into it, it gets exciting once you know.

[@TechyBen]

Chess never fails to get played by Magnus and Hikaru...

[@olinke2]

The 8 players excluding the world champion, who have the highest performance ratings of the preceding 365 days should be invited to the candidates. it should be that simple.

[@destinys_child]

the problem is with people like alireza who farm elo..

[@John-p7i5g]

Regardless, the way live chess is televised is pretty woeful. There is no understood standardised format the way there is in tennis. This puts a lot of people who aren't chess experts off. 1. Having a clear and stable view of the current board position at all times 2. Keeping commentary on point, so that it mirrors what the players are doing in the moment. 3. Keeping commentary sterile during rapid move sequences Too often during the WCC you'd have commentators chatting about something irrelevant and 3 or 4 moves were played, with no view of the board. That's like cutting away from the tennis court during the end of a match point rally and chatting about where they went on holiday last year. The format and commentary protocols need serious fixing before chess will ever reach a wider audience.

[@ImaPROdigy24]

Didnt the PGA just undergo this exact same scenario and courts ruled against the PGA as being anti competitive behavior?

[@EnanInoa]

1:14 yapping starts

[@EdSuastegui]

Good rundown, but I think the lack of reaching out to "the sources" (Hikaru, Magnus, etc.) does leave a vacuum to be filled with a follow-up video?

[@BrooksMoses]

Well, and the promised future statement from the president of FIDE also suggests that there may be content for a follow-up video.

[@JohnnyAppleFiend]

As a person who really only watches chess content and doesn't play, Freestyle chess is very cool.

[@dougmarkham]

Hmm, Fisher left chess because he felt it was too much about memory and not enough about chess skill. He was pushing for Fisher Random because he felt it was a decent way of stopping the domination of memorization. In my opinion, although Fisher probably wouldn't care, a type of Chess named after him ultimately would be better than Chess 960 or any other attempt to rebrand. I mean, even if he's not technically the best ever by stats anymore, he's still one of the greats modern players stand on the shoulders of. It's respectful to Fisher to keep his name attached to this format in respect for the attempt he made to improve the game at a time nobody would listen.

[@tmithoth8956]

All Magnus and Hikaru have to do is live stream random chess with Levy and Botez sisters, collaborate with other content creators from completely different field's, Kai Cenat, Sidemen, MrBeast, etc, literally just pay them to make a video on their channels, hosting you 5 playing a round robin event. And within 2-3 years all chess streamers will have funds and community to host their own events, and FIDE will remember the days they had control other all the other chess players... In isolation it may seem crazy.. but i think it's easier than you might realise... think of "other content creators" viewers, as "passive income" a 2-3 month wave and it will make it's return on your initial investment(s) then you collaborate with all other chess streamers and ride it out... random and algorithms go very well together.. the chess will play itself 😉 Ps (6* Anna too)

[@Co0oLCat]

Video starts at 16:10

[@sherifgamal9273]

best comment 👍

[@ieorlich]

Free style = Chess skills Classic = Memory skills

[@pratham2333]

They can solve this the same old was how Eric Hansen and Hikaru solved their beef on Road😭

[@ForexWeeb]

freestyle chess is actually much more fun to watch and play compared to regular chess as the games are more combative and less theoretical. Just try and beat your opponent and that’s it. If a beginner learns how the pieces move and learn the tricky way of castling then they’re practically ready to play.

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

I agree with FIDE’s stance on the use of “World Championship.” Last week when I saw that Magnus became world champion in something, I was confused. Having so many “world championships, will dilute the value of the FIDE world championship held bi-annually.

[@dereknichols4376]

U aware that there's already 3 world championship? Classical,rapid,blitz And Magnus currenctly hold 2 official fide wc title,rapid and blitz wc

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

Yes but all these are under the FIDE banner.

[@Delay.Universal]

4:08 his name is Charlie Kelly put some respect on his name

[@notrab13]

So disappointed he doesn’t know about Pepe Sylvia

[@E-w1z]

Pepe is the mastermind behind all this FIDE drama, it all points to him.

[@ScottHusseyPhoto]

Chess would be much more "viewer friendly" with a move time limit. Give each player 5 minutes per move, maximum, on top of the overall game clock/increment.

[@mburg33]

It already exists but it’s barely used, it’s called delay. Set time to think each move but after that expires, the actual clock counts down. It’s actually a much fairer time control since “classical” games get decided in time trouble rather than the position.

[@ScottHusseyPhoto]

My idea is that if the move timer express, you lose ​@@mburg33

[@olivergilmartin]

13:12 they can't be the stars because for the most part they lack the personality required. That said most athletes do. It's what makes the charismatic great ones so valuable!

[@AdmBulldog]

i remember something similar happening in the world of Football (Soccer) where a handful of clubs wanted to create a new league called 'The European Super League' which was independent to FIFA. This drama took by the storm and the did not reach an agreement at the end. A similar thing happened in the World of F1 where multiple teams threatened to create their own league and drop out from F1 due to reasons. Football (Soccer), F1 on one side with their viewership and numbers chess on the other. This is required for CHESS to grow i believe.

[@ekekonoise]

I think the gold is at freestyle with 5 minutes time but generous increments, say 90 seconds per move. You keep it fast paced, but with enough time to produce quality moves, and you remove all the boring "i need to learn openings" part. It's pure active chess, no memory, fast paced but with enough time to think and produce interesting games.

[@krishnamoorthymurugan3560]

There can be cooperation between the FIDE and Free Style with regard to fixing a suitable annual calendar for conducting the competitions so that players from both sides are not affected and Fisher random to thrive

[@afterneet4421]

And i also hope for elo rating for freestyle

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

I agree but I agree with FIDE’s stance on the use of “World Championship.” Last week when I saw that Magnus became world champion in something, I was confused. Having so many “world championships, will dilute the value of the FIDE world championship.

[@krishnamoorthymurugan3560]

@@AnjelLee-f8c Yes it is bit confusing for some of the public who may find it difficult to distinguish! In India when chess was played in the early years pawns can not move two steps from the starting position. The games were very slow but later it was changed. Since the computers have almost destroyed the normal chess and any one can easily copy the openings etc. it is only natural that we need to encourage the Chess 960 that can reveal the beauty of human intuition. Perhaps we need to educate the common public about the existence of two different world titles!

[@genericusername_Xx]

Bro added Magnus Hikaru and drama he’s really cooking now

[@raghunathdas6350]

8:31 = SUMMARY OF VIDEO 🎉

[@patogordo1385]

Thanks

[@FishermensCorner]

instead of Global, flat earth championship would be hilarious

[@patogordo1385]

@@FishermensCorner have you seen it global?

[@FishermensCorner]

​@@patogordo1385 at 8:35 .... lol

[@stefanojeblom3322]

Dude I already bought the newbie course some time ago and now when I login I can't get passed the "Claim your exclusive price today" to get to my content/course. WTF is going on? This is not right..

[@GothamChess]

Brother why complain here about what's "not right" and instead contact support?

[@stefanojeblom3322]

@@GothamChess For sure, it's just that I get prompted with "exclusive prices today" and can't get around it to ask support in any way shape or form even though I'm already logged in. How do I contact support?

[@shauryasuri3653]

Me as a viewer likes classical chess more solely because its 1v1 and there is more of a story line to follow. In other formats there are so many matches going on and such little time to focus on any of them, i just end up don't caring.

[@thierryrboulos]

Freestyle is the way to go, magnus is the goat and he should take this game the right direction and im glad he is doing it

[@sifatabdullah9850]

Currently Chess Is Sum Of Magnus , Hikaru . and villain FIDE

[@patogordo1385]

Also Kramnic’s procedures and the 1 trillion Indians

[@xavielgaram]

​@@patogordo1385 that's too much curry and stinks in one place

[@cathug566]

@@patogordo13851 trillion *0.0000000000000000000000000000001 is still nearly worthless

[@davidecimino7112]

And mr Gotham as well obviously

[@lazylitan]

What's that 0.0....1 figure? ​@@cathug566

[@CombatRing]

The problem is that, if FIDE does attempt to force all these top players to choose between these prize-winning tournaments, that means an anti-competition lawsuit, at least if we're in the US. None of these guys signed an exclusivity deal, after all, and forcing it on players to crush a competitor is definitely illegal. And if FIDE decides to go that route, they very well could get sued for it.

[@gusleffers9265]

FIDE is French.

[@CombatRing]

@gusleffers9265 yes, and it still has significant operations in the US. The EU may be even more stringent on passing and enforcing anti-competition laws, but who knows.

[@mat145395]

i stopped playing chess but i love coming back to this channel for the dramaa

[@jobius19]

The Duda World Cup. I see what you did there

[@GiblikJovanovic]

it's really crazy how nobody is talking about the book the hidden path to manifesting financial power

[@elementsofphysicalreality]

I could see a blitz tournament being played 1 table at a time in front of a crowd allowed to cheer and drink beer would be pretty fun. 3 minutes on the clock and you’re guaranteed to have reactions and cheering.

[@christosmous3140]

my man didn't even use Hans name for views.Respect

[@NithishNarendharan]

Watched the whole video still have no idea what's going on

[@superdan2593]

15:39 - Woh! Call down on editing effects, I thought I was watching a sci-fi movie for a second.

[@lwalker8785]

If chess isn't a sport that can fill out stadiums I don't think muddling the pieces up is going to change that.

[@dantelooper2283]

Basically bro is saying "The end of Monopoly for FIDE is near".

[@williamgarten2328]

Gotta say I love the editing! Drama videos can become kind of bland the longer the video goes on. But the editing made it feel fresh as well as great visuals. Thought I’d just give some feedback and doubt you’ll see this. You seem to have some good energy going right now. Keep up the good work!

[@ImpossibleRyan55]

I love this. Championship should reflect and support the competitors more. Crazy that chess prize pools are so small. Marketing could/should be so much better.

[@SchneiderOSRS]

The infinity stones of youtube titles

[@shivamchowdhary190]

You know its getting spicy when you hear Magnus and drama

[@Covfefe_Jelly]

When levy becomes magnus intolerant and stops milking will be the day he becomes a grandmother.

[@shauryasuri3653]

I don't like how fide has so much power and i also don't like how magnus and hikaru have so much power as to influence fide by themselves. I don't know how it should work but it should be different.

[@YandreYak]

better drama than fashion police series yet

[@mapsgillnet6762]

Rapid chess standard needs to go to 15m games. 10m goes by a little too fast and ends up in a bullet end game too often, which is meaningless to most viewers.

[@beng4186]

I agree. And it should always be 15+0. The bullet rush at the end isn't really about chess skill as much as it is about reaction time.