Ridiculous Bathroom Cheating, And The Yoo Story | Fabi’s Reaction

[@loganryansmith]

Fabi always sounds so reasonable and fair in his assessments of situations. He doesn't make it about himself. Appreciate that. Makes me root for him more.

[@xCupressocyparis]

Fabi is always so well-spoken and measured. I doubt he'll ever make the mainstream news for controversy or theatrics, but he's a perfect ambassador for chess.

[@theKashConnoisseur]

Eh, well, all it takes is Kramnik hyperfocusing on his blitz games and his eye movements, and Fabi would suddenly find himself embroiled in controversy.

[@xCupressocyparis]

@@theKashConnoisseur I've literally just heard that Kramnik has accused Daniel Naroditsky of cheating, which I find quite ridiculous. How long until he accuses Magnus?!

[@isaac7272]

@@theKashConnoisseur i doubt kramnik will did that to fabi or magnus, he wont dare to touch top player.

[@OrangeBarnacle]

​@@isaac7272despite accusing Hikaru...

[@isaac7272]

@@OrangeBarnacle i wont really put hikaru in the same bracket with magnus and fabi. I meant the top top player.

[@adityahridayupadhyay9369]

Caruana gets a perfect 10 in sanity

[@foobar5809]

you know some people get insane only after they become world champion. Fabi hopefully has that still to come, lets see what will happen

[@jonorgames6596]

*insanity

[@Kelonics]

@@jonorgames6596 sanity makes more sense, if you were to say a perfect 10 in insanity instead of sanity, that'd be essentially saying Fabi is the most insane possible, which I'm sure you don't mean. This is also reference to the series of videos where Magnus rates the World Champions on different categories one of them being sanity: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKGTiaavpa1-p6s

[@Samy-j9h]

Not being crazy is an achievement now 😂 humanity keep lower the bar everyday

[@Sameer-er3wz]

He is very objective and really well-spoken. A credit to the modern era of Chess. I am a fan.

[@Surreal_Bread]

As a runner what fabiano says at 22:10 makes sense. A lot of people start doping once their level starts stagnating or declining. So i believe there is a chance that Schevsheko almost got 2700 without cheating, then lost a lot of rating because of poor play and started cheating out of frustration and ambition. It is possible.

[@Pacalolo04]

What type of runner are you? Sprinter, long-distance, marathoner ... ?

[@guest_informant]

I think it might be similar in amateur cycle racing. And of course there's body building.

[@cconnon1912]

I agree, the last little edge that is needed is where people go wrong.

[@NimbusDX]

This is indeed how it goes. People don’t usually cheat their way to the top. To get away with cheating, one first has to understand the game intimately. Rather, people get to the top and start cheating to get an edge. People justify it to themselves because they feel “Well I’ve worked hard. I got to where I am through legitimate effort and skill, so I’ve earned this” They feel they are capable of achieving the feat without cheating and cheating is just getting them to their ‘rightful place’ a little faster.

[@theKashConnoisseur]

To paraphrase Karl Jobst: "Skilled players don't cheat because they're bad at the game. They cheat to get what they feel like they deserve."

[@jire9831]

Big props to Fabi for doing this in the middle of the tournament. Good luck Fabi. Bring it home!

[@deepmondal8459]

I hereby declare all of them are faking...they have no regrets not consolation to offer to the videographer even I guarantee

[@lololol-e5o]

@@deepmondal8459 What are you talking about madman from the internet?

[@stillhere95]

@@deepmondal8459 Another Kramnik in the making

[@evelynn4273]

Losing to a "No-Talent" like Fabi can be very difficult for some players.

[@paceaman]

I've never lost to him actually, but I get your point.

[@HughONeill-vd6jc]

I love Dubov, but when he spoke about Caruana’s lack of natural talent I kept thinking ‘what about the games he won in the candidates?’ The wins against Karajkin and kramnik were insane amongst others

[@TheGrandmasterMan]

@@HughONeill-vd6jc Fabi held prime Magnus in a classical match....

[@schlechtgut8349]

@@TheGrandmasterMan in terms of form Magnus was almost at the lowest rating around 2830. So it wasn't 2014 or 2019 peak Magnus

[@AlarcoElectro]

It was a compliment from Dubov about hardworking ability of fabi

[@tennisCharlzz]

I think whoever records the audio should record one or two minutes. Listen to the recorded result and then adjust the volume. You can hear Cristian but the volume is much lower than Fabi's. There was that summary of the World Chess Championship about Ding and Nepo where Cristian's volume was basically turned off. Seems like a simple check to make to make sure the volume is adequate.

[@LugalZagesi1337]

I've said this too many times but they don't level the sound at all and never have. You can get programs that adjust it automatically even now...

[@suokkos]

You need better headphones. Fabi's voice is base heavy which is louder with good headphones. Too bad many cheap speakers have extremely low volume for base sounds.

[@DavidJao]

​@@suokkos the problem is that Fabi is too loud, not that Fabi is too soft.

[@drixlrey9688]

The truth is Fabi has a terrible mic which doesn’t help.

[@Crashawsome]

Do you guys not know that KZbin has a "stable volume" option? Seems like a simple check, right?

[@russellhammond371]

For the cheating scandal, I heard he was "hanging out" around the bathroom waiting for just the Right stall to open. That's about as suspicious as it gets, niche cases aside like someone needing a certain stall (physical handicap).

[@cagnusmarlsen]

Fabi is the ultimate boss of the chess Mafia, it's obvious, let's do the procedure!

[@Maxfr8]

Kramnik swims with the fishes. 🐠🐡🏊‍♀️☠️

[@dce64]

Be careful. He's got a gun in the toilet.

[@NotQuiteFirst]

He'll make you a draw offer you can't refuse

[@prcbras]

I really appreciate Fabi sharing his thoughts with us given he's in the middle of the tournament! Thank you, great episode, great insights.

[@ItsAsparageese]

Honestly, the poor sound quality isn't just a nitpick, it's an accessibility issue at this point. It's hard enough to parse speech (and everyone knows the auto-generated captions don't cut it) but when the volume's all wobbly and there's reverb etc it's just hopeless. I WANT to know what you guys have to say about all this but I literally just can't understand this audio unless I focus all my concentration really hard on it and run it back sometimes. It's nuts dude. Ilyg but please listen to the many fans commenting on the audio

[@klauswolfbert]

Listening to Fabi makes me question if other chess players lost their ability to talk properly by signing up on Twitch. Good episode & good luck to Fabi!

[@yahrna]

I think Fabi misunderstands what people on the internet call cheating paranoia. I've never heard anyone say that there is no cheating, but accusing Gukesh, Hikaru or anyone of cheating at candidates, or saying that 50% of people in TT are cheating, or reporting literally every player you lose to seems completely over the top. Good luck for the rest of the tournament!

[@thesazbak5342]

He is accusing Gukesh too now?

[@NaveenShaji-1995]

Well nepo is

[@peibolsky]

Yet Magnus accusing Hans with 0 proof was enough to have all the cc streamers pushing the narrative and destroying his character. Is the chess world really this hypocritical?

[@AlarcoElectro]

@@peibolskyit is

[@armandsarmands]

@@peibolsky If I remember correctly, when Kramnik started his first accusations, he was taken pretty seriously too, now no one is even bathering to put up a defense. It get silly at a point - if even 20% of TT players would cheat, everyone with perfect score in last few rounds would be cheating - Magnus , Hikaru would never win those tournaments cause on second half of it they would be paired against cheaters constantly.

[@arcitejack]

really happy your guys talked about Carissa

[@cranken75]

good luck, Fabi. sound quality could have been better on this episode.

[@Ironfranko]

Amazing quote: - If I find a phone in any bathroom, I will probably take it to the lost and found - If I find a phone at a chess turnament, I will take it to the arbiter

[@cyanidecologne9018]

It was Levi's crime fighting phone, now Gotham is burning

[@giulianovelli6774]

Easily solvable issue if the player were allowed to smash the board when they lose and feel anger.

[@ahmedsayeed1330]

Or just scatter the pieces across the hall and make faces.

[@Elmirgtr]

Shit on the board, covering e4 and e5 squares

[@unfixablegop]

Yoo getting himself kicked out of the tournament really hurt Caruana's chances. Where he had a win, other players only had draws. And where Caruana's win with white was invalidated, other players get bye-rounds with black. If I were in Caruana's place, I would be cussing out Yoo publicly. Impressive by Caruana to not do so.

[@RichACBlues]

Why? it was the club that kicked him out of the tournament.It's the club or the league that set such rules.

[@G-chess_channel]

@@RichACBluesYup. Club’s decision

[@michaelmcgee335]

@@RichACBluesIt was Yoo’s bad behaviour that the decisions were made.

[@TheFallingFlamingo]

Responses to your comment are so braindead. That someone couldn't understand why Fabi could be annoyed that his opponent's childlike outburst cost him points he fairly won is almost humorous. Type of people to think they're the MC of reality 🫣

[@DoctorLexus-4President]

20:20 love how quick Fabi says "not a grandmaster"

[@LTLHOMER]

Fabi is legit hilarious - a true champion of chess AND deadpan humor.

[@gavinrollot6426]

Hopefully Yoo will learn from this. Keep up the good work C squared! Y'all are great!

[@G-chess_channel]

Hopefully he feels like he made the wrong decision and becomes a better man. Never too late!

[@cyanidecologne9018]

He's going to go for #1 in women's chess boxing

[@thomasbolsee]

29:25 Fabi smiling at Cristian's brutal transition 😂 love you guys!

[@dsuleyma]

Guys the microphones are killing your sound quality!! Please put on some headphones and listen back to this.

[@Janet_Airlines802]

He waited for that stall specifically, passing on the open one. He went many times, even after being warned. When an opponent came out to check, he walked out of the line. Handwritten note had matches to his writing, the phone was in the time zone he was from. He’s pretty red handed. The fact that it’s #69 in the world is crazy.

[@Extirpo]

On the Shevchenko story: you forgot another bizar thing: he went for the bathroom numerous times each game (Ive seen the number 10+ mentioned), in the second game first time at move 6. I remember Fabi (and others) say that if a strong GM gets help just once a game (at a critical moment), it would be a huge advantage. So 10 times, first game a draw?

[@Surreal_Bread]

In classical, if a 2650-2700 player plays a great game, getting a draw versus some engine lines is possible. As long as the game isnt complicated.

[@Extirpo]

@@Surreal_Bread My point is why the many checks on phone, when one or two would be hugly advantageus. Im just pointing out another strange thing besides those mentioned in vid.

[@grannywalter]

Maybe because "a strong gm" in Fabi's world is levels above Schevchenko or what's-his-face

[@Extirpo]

@@grannywalter no

[@leredrasscul]

Don't let this distract you from Anna Rudolf's Fabiano rap

[@endymion12321]

Fabi is usually rational with his takes, but why is he making out that people don't think cheating exists? Cheating is clearly a problem, but the way Kramnik and Nepo are going about their business is highly damaging to the sport.

[@user-vt4hd8hb4v]

No it's not. Kramnik is the only one who's taking it seriously. The rest of you who say "yeah it's a problem" then do nothing about it are the ones who are damaging chess.

[@FellowHuman18]

Russians, in general, don't care. I have Russians in my family and work with Russians, and I always find it amazing how much they just do whatever they want without caring about what anyone else thinks. I'm sure it's a superpower in some situations, but in most normal situations it just makes them look like the biggest jerks in the world.

[@bojkashapirax6283]

​​@@user-vt4hd8hb4v Kramnik is taking it seriously but his methods and judgement are poor in execution. His shotgun approach makes him look far more paranoid than anything and ruins his reputation. Firing off 100 accusations and getting 2 correct doesn't justify the other 98, at a certain point it's a witch hunt and you're bound to be correct a couple times just due to the quantity of accusations. Unfortunately the few successful accusations have self-justified his behavior, continuing this destructive methodology.

[@WilliamCacilhas]

@@user-vt4hd8hb4v what do you suggest people do? Seriously. What is something that will prevent cheating in chess? What Kramnik is doing is not preventing cheating. It’s not helping. All he’s doing is asking people silly questions and then not accepting any answers to those questions. For example, “Where are you looking?”. This one is especially silly because Kramnik is on vudeo looking away from his screen during a game! In fact a lot of GM’s glance off into the distance when they’re thinking, even during OTB games! The fact that these GM’s also glance off during online games is not as suspicious as Kramnik makes it out to be. Hell, I glance off into the distance when I’m studying. According to Kramnik this must mean I have an answer key somewhere in the direction I’m looking (even if I get an answer wrong). Other than asking silly questions he post “statistics”. It’s been proven many times by real statisticians that Kramnik doesn’t know what the heck he’s talking about with these “statistics”. Even so these “just asking questions” & posting of “statistics” isn’t doing anything to solve the problem. It’s just making Kramnik look silly. It’s actually hurtful to the situation. Now if anyone has suspicions about a player they’re just being a Kramnik. This means people cannot voice their suspicions without fear of being labeled another Kramnik.

[@G-chess_channel]

@@bojkashapirax6283Well it’s not like the innocent that get accused like get publicly shamed or something. Maybe like a more thorough checking but other than that not much.

[@michaelmoreno6431]

Online chess has multiplied the interest in the games one hundred folds. And the same computers may simultaneously kill the game. This is sad.

[@tute4748]

16:51 WHOOOO is answering their phone in a public bathroom at night 😂

[@thejourneyman8890]

Janitor is too good with the ladies😤

[@abysswalker2309]

Silent Hill vibes)

[@radscorpion8]

drug dealers XD

[@gffg387]

​@@radscorpion8exactly. Maybe Shevcheko was just buying some cocaine via delivery. If that's the case, everyone will look really stupid for having accused him of cheating.

[@renatoferreira4939]

At approximately 26:20 Caruana praises the security measures adopted by the Saint Louis club. However, this same club questioned the reputation of Hans Newman in the match in which this player, playing as black, beat Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen abandoned the tournament like a spoiled child and began to pressure Hans N. to be put in limbo in the chess world. The Saint Louis Club was one of those that adhered to Magnus' wishes and began to ignore Hans N., even though they had nothing concrete against this player, even though their security system never indicated any cheating in that match by Hans N. Definitely a shame that tarnished the history of the Saint Louis Club.

[@ArsMoriendiSynthPop]

9:38 Great De Niro impersonation by Fabi 👌

[@gffg387]

You can take the boy out of Italy, but you can't take Italy out of the boy.

[@jameslazer819]

Small technical comment. The volume levels in this video are a bit off. Fabi is much louder than Christian. Also the intro music is also at a different level.

[@user99-we7jj]

Thanks for the levelheaded insights and good thoughts!

[@FreddyDipace]

Christian, for the next Fabiano's birthday, please gift him a webcam/microphone.

[@SfinX0o]

terrible audio, werent you guys in the same location? or is the caster crew in a studio somewhere else? i expected a higher quality audio

[@macdonaldnnadi]

Insufferable

[@YRMW1983]

We respect the hustle 😂😂 Fabi is hilarious

[@ToivoChess]

Poignantly articulate delivery, thank you Fabi & Christian!

[@davidd9478]

I would love to hear Fabi's and Cristian's opinion on the latest Kramnik's accusations towards Danya...

[@adityavv96]

Kramnik accusing Danya too

[@peibolsky]

The cc propaganda machine gets paid extra to take care of that. Hikaru and Gotham are on 24hr watch. They even have Gotham commenting on Reddit posts so don't worry. CC employees are well protected.

[@aleksihiltunen7063]

@@peibolskygood one

[@radscorpion8]

@@peibolsky what the heck is cc ?

[@superneenjaa718]

I laughed Kramnik off when I first heard it. Then he dug up video of Danya casually using the engine while playing a far weaker opponent. That put some doubts tbh. Check out kramnik's recent video

[@aleksihiltunen7063]

@@superneenjaa718 ”casually using engine”. That’s just stupid. Claiming things without proof is dangerous. Hope you trolling

[@chessloverontwitch]

good conversation. Thanks guys!

[@skippingclouds]

Carissa is a beast!! I really hope she wins all the way. Also all the best to Fabi for winning the championship!!

[@aml7758]

Christian is wasting Fabi's resting time, and Fabi is too nice to agree for a talk during the tournament

[@snowsanta7]

Fabi skin literally glowing like bruh share the routine

[@MatsMatsuo]

12 hours of chess training, 7am to 7pm, no sunlight = no sun damage.

[@NormCantoral]

he also has the demeanor of a really soft turtle neck

[@aerukei]

I ever heard from one of his streams (or pods?) that he only uses bar soap -- but a high-quality one (you can confirm this statement, Fabi!)

[@31redorange08]

"Crazy" solution to one player dropping out: replacing them with one player of similar strength.

[@skriabinfly]

Like Mick Jagger said, Yoo can't always get what Yoo want.

[@zackarysemancik5491]

Alright Finegold lol

[@jamesli2545]

'He dropped out, which impacted yoo' Nice one.

[@John_65656]

Christopher! Yoo can't do that!

[@Phymacss]

Lolllllllll

[@SD-in2mv]

Y’all cracking me up when you were discussing where the phone with the note was hidden. 😂😂😂

[@bobanderson4722]

This is GOLD!!

[@TheDedloc]

This is the content we've been waiting for lol

[@Najdorfc5]

Best podcast👏🏻💪🏻😎

[@cjh-bk4pn]

audio sounds doubled

[@hetNetwel]

When will this be on Spotify?

[@roxyknight4909]

This is always Gold , love the podcast ..... Fabi for World Champion

[@davidc5191]

I assume Fabi lives in St. Louis since he seems to be sitting at home in the video, not at a hotel room.

[@jason9199b]

What happened to your rss feed? Hasn’t been updated in a while. Only finding new stuff on KZbin.

[@manifestyourlife6]

Fabi is definitely a Friend Of Ours. 💪💪🔥🔥 #ChessMafia

[@siIverspawn]

Guys, no. There is no comma here. I'm a strong supporter of the Oxford comma, but this isn't Oxford comma; this is just a crime!

[@ckingdds88]

How to ruin your career instantly

[@ahmedsayeed1330]

Good to see Fabi scrupulously avoiding condemning Shevchenko as yet. There should always be a due process, a thorough inquiry before we condemn anyone.

[@fruitybhujia]

audio is sooo off in this one..

[@LugalZagesi1337]

It's been a month since y'all posted one of these on Spotify... Can you please keep doing that? Love listening!

[@user-cw5ml6uu6n]

21:00 "Atleast you can respect the hustle" 😂😂

[@azzazin007]

I think the problem is public insinuation of cheating by top players of other top players without having to face any repercussions. For eg: Nepo is a sore loser and his insinuations against Hikaru/Danya (Nepo and Kramnik)/Gukesh (Nepo and Grischuk) are troubling. I think this could negatively affect the prize money and the number of people watching chess which will also affect the money. I am not saying he should keep his opinion to himself but to report it privately to the authorities.

[@commentwarrior]

When and where did Nepo and Grischuk accuse Gukesh of cheating?

[@azzazin007]

@@commentwarrior grischuk hinted it in mustreader podcast and confirmed it in a Russian podcast. You can find it on chess subreddit. Nepo hinted at it in squared podcast and elsewhere as well. Google it

[@azzazin007]

@@commentwarrior Nepo in c-squared pod and in russian podcast. Grischuk hinted at it in mustreader podcast before confirming it on a russian podcast. search the chess subreddit

[@NMBrayanAmaya]

such a sad thing for yoo but congrats to fabi keep going champ!

[@davidmcdonald6530]

I reckon Caruana could make any extreme moments, sound perfunctory and dull 😂

[@Skyoats]

Imagine fabi on 8 hours of sleep. The magnus killer

[@happy_labs]

So much drama lately that I'm not surprised you didn't cover it, but I would really love to hear you and Fabi weigh in on Kramnik's accusations against Danya. It seems like he's under a lot of fire at the moment

[@SharatS]

I think it comes down to whether you believe Danya would use an engine to gain an unfair advantage or not. I don't think so, frankly, because I trust him. But there's no way to prove anything one way or the other.

[@edddo4314]

Fabi would need to check those videos, he's in middle of the tournament now, so can't really comment the situation even if he wanted. But I hope they will discuss it later.

[@lollycopter]

@@SharatS I trust Naroditsky a lot but distrust Kramnik even more. Kramnik clearly has an agenda and I think I have a good guess for what it is, but no one who isn't fully denouncing him doesn't seem to want to know about it.

[@tomislavnotizberg605]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ2zkHiHZ9mokNUsi=q3Mrb_mE3wvtY5ci Danya was using the machine during the games...

[@happy_labs]

@@tomislavnotizberg605 he turned the engine on to show a line during an educational video against a player 2000 points below him. The game was technically ongoing but Danya was jumping ahead to the analysis. He did this only one time, acknowledged it publicly at the time and apologised. Kramnik is pretending not to know about this context and presenting it like he's revealing new information

[@NormCantoral]

for those of you wondering why or if Fabi should be making these comments during a tournament he is currently participating in...usually this is something you would wait to do until the end of the tournament... my two cents is that Fabi still has more long term goals. the U.S. open is one of many many tournaments he will be participating in and therefore has a grasp on not letting the short term drama affect him while keeping focused on the long term. I still think Fabi has his eyes on the greater goal of being world champ... which he knows, at 32 years of age at the time of this video, is a ticking clock in the back of his mind. and that clock is what keeps him focused.

[@nilsp9426]

There is a gigantic difference between these two statements: - In 50% of online games there is a cheater on the other side. - 50% of players with an active online chess account have cheated in online chess at least once in their lives. Assuming (unrealistically) that all cheaters only ever cheated once and every person played a total of 1000 games, the difference would be a factor of 1000. For all discussants it is paramount to say exactly what you mean when you talk about these things.

[@MrGaryStaples]

It seemed to me that Christopher Yoo wanted Fabi to talk to him after the game, and I think the fact they didn’t talk about the game aggravated his anger. Not saying there is blame for Fabi, but Yoo might have felt disrespected by a discussion not being embraced. That’s the way it seemed to me since I first saw it.

[@AbhinavMishra-sf5oy]

Would really appreciate it if you could upload episodes to podcast platforms like Apple Podcasts regularly: the last episode showing there is from September 24.

[@JPdeRuiter]

It would be great if Fabi bought a better camera. It's not focused.

[@buitragobb228]

I think Fabi might be the classiest human to have ever lived.

[@Not_that_Brian_Jones]

Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you.

[@robmorefield6540]

But what did caurana say to him ? I couldn't understand because fabi said it too fast.

[@nilsp9426]

Talking about the "best" method of cheating is a bit pointless, since it is almost impossible to be spotted from the outside by definition. What I did learn from the coverage of other cheating scandals and true crime stories is that cheaters get sucked into their new behavioral pattern. If this cheating case is real, I would assume that Shevchenko cheated many times before with less risk and just got used to a) the success of it and b) not being caught. Like a thief who keeps taking more at higher risks after not being caught - until finally he looks very silly when caught.

[@David_7171]

It’s pretty obvious that Yoo will never play chess again.

[@michaelf8221]

Nah he'll be back in a year or two I think. Don't know if he'll ever reach 2700 now though with a forced hiatus at age 17

[@nellieb6585]

Is it?

[@nateshsudarshan3743]

For your next podcast I'm curious what your thoughts are on Kramnik accusing Danya of cheating? I'm not sure how big it is but I'm curious what your thoughts are if you got 5 spare minutes in your next podcast!

[@guest_informant]

19:55 From memory the phone that Michael uses in the Godfather is duct-taped to the wall, it's not in the toilet bowl (?!) - which would be maybe the strangest place you could leave it. If Cristian is in the chess mafia, he's clearly not very good at it :-)

[@fernandoterra4108]

Gun

[@guest_informant]

@@fernandoterra4108 LOL. Of course. D'oh! I definitely wouldn't cut it in the mafia.

[@lode6737]

I thought it was on the back of the hanging water tank

[@31redorange08]

Regarding online cheating: I'm around 2200 and never had the feeling that someone cheated against me. But I'm playing on lichess. That might make the difference.

[@wandregisel6385]

I'm around your rating, and I had a recent game where I was suspicious about my opponent's move times (taking strangely long on what I thought were obvious moves, quickly finding difficult tactics), and the next day I checked it and he had been banned. That was not the first time either. There will be some always

[@vik24oct1991]

ding, vishy and fabi are probably the only sane great chess players, even magnus showed his kramnikomania when he accused hans. Hopefully gukesh and arjun will be the same.

[@cyanidecologne9018]

I always thought the implication with Hans was stolen game prep

[@isaac7272]

Can someone just buy caruana a proper camera and mic. He looks like a hostage.

[@michaelblankenau6598]

Looks ok to me . Face is a little bit shiny but no big deal .

[@donramanayake1505]

😂

[@skippingclouds]

What do you mean? He's a mafia boss. Hostage quality setup is the norm

[@adomaskuzinas2137]

Spoiled brats

[@aluminiumknight4038]

Go ahead buy for them if you care that much

[@Viewer2715]

18:52 you can still use finger prints/ DNA testing to connect the burner phone with it's user

[@TJHeezy]

a phone with no note? fabi's a genius.

[@porcospino289]

Yes, Ioan-Cristian: Hide the phone IN the toilet BOWL. But flush solid contents first, and hope that no one else uses the bowl.

[@opusdei1151]

We all know who the Godfather is

[@Crashawsome]

It was poor form from Christian that he was already talking about a "way back" for Yoo the day after it happened and before any facts were known

[@seanm3636]

Watch Fabi's eyes. What's he looking at over there? An engine? Not accusing, just saying...

[@azctw]

Yoo had finished round 5 before the incident, why doesn't that make it in the 2nd half of the tournament?

[@BobbyJean-rk5sf]

Fabi, thank you for speaking out about cheating!!

[@guest_informant]

21:00 Technology: If you're going to make this much effort then you do it in a casino. As plenty of people have.

[@maicolc7216]

I hope yoo comes back from this

[@Zannablu12]

Does anyone know where to find the video of the player that attacked the woman??

[@lollycopter]

Police probably have control of it now. Maybe ask them?

[@abysswalker2309]

It was decided not to distribute it publicly, at least for now

[@teamllubtip]

Move over Niemann, theres a real bad boy in town.

[@wconradjr]

Whatevs. I like Fabi. Tbh, I like most of the top chess players with the exception of pooptintard kramnik. It’s not fabi’s fault his opponent was cheating.

[@enginekid88]

Seems there is conflicting info, why don't they simply release the surveillance video of Yoo's interactions in the security room. people say he "punched" a woman. in my mind that conjures up a very specific image. but sources such as Fox News say he "pushed" a videographer. there is a huge diff between a punch and a push. and context is needed, like, was he trying to get past people and pushed his way through, or did he lash out with a fisted strike at someone's back. if his chess career hangs in the balance why don't they show the video?

[@flipina]

Possibly because he is a minor. It was a female videographer involved. There are rules in releasing surveillance videos if there is a police investigation too

[@michaelblankenau6598]

Perhaps because the legal implications come into play .

[@someoneelse293]

It can also be hard to get the video..

[@Kasparovwannabe]

Everyone says he walked up to her and deliberately struck her. Not one person who's seen the video said it was a push. There's no uncertainty. We even have GM's like Levon, who saw the video, saying he's getting off easy because it's just that bad. Even his parents admit the punishment is fair. Like...the police were called, he was charged. Game over. It's now a legal matter involving a minor and the footage isn't going to be given out willy nilly.

[@Toopa88]

If you listen to credible sources there is no conflicting info.

[@korusgamerbolt4431]

What has happened to chess world these days ? Jeez

[@tristan7720]

Calling Clarissas performance historical and comparing it to Fishers performance is straight up outrageous. It is the women's section which has an average of 2400 rating. A plus score in any open tournament is a better feat than that.

[@Chris.M]

Lol another psycho

[@tristan7720]

@@Chris.M are you serious bro okay so what is so weird about what I stated? It's literally all true

[@evanmuir6586]

Carissa’s 8/8 is currently a performance rating of over 3100. Obviously it isn’t quite the same as fischer but trying to downplay it is ridiculous. 11/11 would absolutely be historical.

[@Chris.M]

@@tristan7720 outrageous

[@tristan7720]

@@evanmuir6586 it's a greet performance but you cannot compare it with open feats as her opponents are literally on an IM level which is nothing compared to GMs or even top GMs. When will you understand that it is all about politics.

[@Viewer2715]

they should check the finger prints/DNA on the phone to see if he touched or potentially used it ..

[@peanutbutter799]

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