The Chess Machine II | Caruana: This Is The Best Game I've Ever Played !

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Fabiano and Cristian sit down to go over the games that changed history. The Sinquefield Cup 2014 was the highest rated event ever, with a FIDE average rating of 2802. Fabiano started with an incredible 7-0 streak, a score that hasn't been replicated since in modern elite level tournaments. Here is how it all went down!
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00:00 Intro
02:41 Round 4 VS Aronian - Best Game I've Ever Played!
26:00 Round 5 VS Hikaru Nakamura - Toughest Game Of The Tournament!
47:55 Round 6 VS Topalov
1:05:12 Round 7 VS MVL - The Most Ridiculous Game
1:16:20 Outro
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[@EulersBasement]

Fabi played so well, he would've made the Kramnik list

[@Naner303]

😂

[@samuelkinnear1648]

I have a feeling that this comment is winning a book 😂

[@hosiahjones]

​@@samuelkinnear1648Nope absolutely not winning the book. Because this will be a historical video for decades into the future,and nobody watching this video 10 years from now will care at all about today's petty chess drama. This video is much grander than that. Frankly all the comments even discussing cheating anywhere in this historic video are embarrassing.

[@sa9245]

@@hosiahjones are you new to the internet?

[@hosiahjones]

@@sa9245 Your problem is that you perceive a video like this the same way you perceive a Gotham chess video. You have no perspective or proportionality to your chess senses, you are just a casual fan zombie drone without any appreciation for real chess culture and chess history. Fabi's analysis in this video will be watched 100 years from now, the same way we read Morphy, Capablanca, and Alekhine. Anyone mentioning current petty chess drama in a historic video like this is pretty sad.

[@michaelf8221]

You often hear of coaches recommending students to play through annotated master games in order to improve their chess. This video series is literally the best possible version of this idea. Fabi's analysis is amazing, and Cristian's questions keep the analysis grounded and enlightening. I'm going to rewatch these a few times in order to get the most out of this brilliant series!

[@tomasgarau5338]

By far, the best chess podcast out there. Can't believe we got to see such intense analysis on Fabi's games. Keep it up guys!!!

[@FPSInsanity8511]

The nuances of the Aronian game are fascinating. I love this kind of insight

[@gautam-narula]

That fact that Fabi could’ve realistically won 9 in a row is absolutely insane

[@danielfcastro]

I followed it live, in round 8 Magnus was pretty much on the ropes. But held the draw. Game 9 I dont remember...

[@thenewguy7527]

@@danielfcastro In game 9 Hikaru was absolutely cooked but held the game.

[@onelove154]

Caruana, great player, good bloke. Hope he wins the world title.

[@shashishekhar----]

Yes

[@rexyian3432]

Not gonna happen 😂

[@zoneoff668]

​@@rexyian3432he is definitely the second best player in the world right now. So I would say it is possible

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@rexyian3432why not Magnus is not competing his toughest competition will be Gukesh and Alireza Hikaru Ding ? Etc Fabiano might be the favorite

[@tommyh5540]

...and some 2 weeks later Fabi has won the Sinquefield Cup, Sinquefield Rapid & Blitz and the GCT!!!! What a champion, on the board and also off the board! Pure class.

[@TheJimmiececil]

Fabiano Caruana's winning streak at the Sinquefield Cup has me reevaluating my life choices. I mean, I can't even win an argument with my cat, and here he is dominating grandmasters like it's a casual Tuesday evening at the chess club. Maybe I should start practicing my moves with my morning coffee. Checkmate, world - or at least my coffee cup!

[@user-kh6xl4yg1j]

This entire video of Fabi sharing his thoughts process, evaluation & choices at key junctures is absolutely positively fascinating & instructive on super GM level chess & Fabi humble good nature comes shining thru to boot. Please, please, please for chess fans everywhere please do more videos like this! Thank you!

[@user-hp1bu6xr5b]

I think Fabi should show up at Sinquefield Cup exactly as shown in the thumbnail. 😂 The episodes with face-to-face are more enjoyable than the remote interactions. Great episode!

[@egiatchess4589]

Wow Congratulations on Winning the Rapid and Blitz, Sinquefield Cup and Grand Chess Tour! Even if your win may be a bit less spectacular then 2014 its truly impressive how good you performed this year. 119/137 possible Circuit points for example is just crazy. It may even be your best year so far!

[@markhor1988]

Thumbnail for the win. I used to edit chess vids like this and the documentary feel/style has always been a winner. Especially when you have the talent, history and connections. Good Job M8!

[@ChaseTurnerx]

This is some fascinating insight, thank you!

[@rhysgriffiths9675]

This video series was awesome, I'd love to see more like this

[@willc3421]

Fantastic couple of episodes, Sinquefield 2014 was before I was back into chess so really enjoyed the insights

[@cissmjg]

Fabiano and Cristian talking about this tournament makes me feel like a small child being able to stay up late and listen to the adults talk around the dinner table.

[@chadmacgargle5311]

That chess set is GORGEOUS

[@siIverspawn]

I was just writing a comment about how I can't stand this chess set. I hate how shiny both colors are, and how not-at-all-black the black pieces are. But yeah, I mean it's likely an expensive chess set, so presumably it looks very appealing to most people, just not to me. I'd take a cheap plastic set over this one. Fwiw I think the shapes are pretty cool, but the shiny brown just bothers me to no end.

[@chadmacgargle5311]

@@siIverspawn That's cool, it's good for people to have diverse tastes. I don't much about how expensive it is but it comes with a Billy Goat to ward off trolls, which is essential, and I like the thickness of Pawns and Rooks. And the board itself is seamless, which I find very appealing. But also, for me I like my pieces to have identifiers I want my Queens Knight and Kings Knight to look slightly differently and each Pawn to be recognizable in very small ways. So the minor imperfections make the set for me. It's less about how much a thing costs and more about how much fun you can have playing with it, it's a game.

[@natalieharris3869]

The most gorgeous chess set ever created is the Zagreb '59 pieces. Everything else is so meh in comparison.

[@chadmacgargle5311]

@@natalieharris3869 The two tone is not to my tastes and I like a Knight with a more proud tilt of the head, I don't want my Knight to look like it's sleeping.

[@TheMrBennito]

this is so instructive for a 1200 player like myself. Very generous, to take the time and share insight with us sublevel players. thank you!

[@smwg4187]

It's such a privilege to listen to these two guys analyze together.

[@tisoy4ever]

monster Fabi with 3100+ Elo rating performance in the strongest tournament with an average Elo rating of 2800!

[@tomaswellevit4379]

Good quality and the length.Tnx

[@fernando2283]

What a marvelous time for chess it's so amazing all the insights, from one of the top players in chess today. Awesome work!, I have been seeing all the podcasts like a chainsmoker keep up the amazing Work❤

[@MaximumPrime92]

Love the Format!

[@fishheadsoupplz]

Thanks for the great show,

[@TandemKnights]

Great content, I really enjoy your content and I am pulling for Fabi to become WCC. Random question, where did you pick up that excellent board and pieces?

[@egiatchess4589]

1:05:53 "These days I wouldn´t understand what we where thinking" -Pretty much every normal person after their game

[@drwhosinwhoville]

Moment of appreciation for the extraordinary chess+analysis, ofc, but also for the smol 'yaass' at 33:07. We stan some unintentional sassiness.

[@toodle361]

Wow two videos in one day. Boys are on a roll

[@MrSoupandBread]

legendary performance

[@aminea8990]

amazing content

[@stijnroosenboom3771]

What is the chess set being used in this video? It's beautiful!

[@egiatchess4589]

1:04:05 "The thing is, I wasn´t at all trying to win this game, like at all" I can really relate to this. Its just so boring to win in chess against some 2800s, a draw is a welcome change of result.

[@henk7665]

Love the conversational format, experiment with camera views, maybe more over the shoulder views

[@hosiahjones]

Thank you Fabi. Would love to win the book based on my comments in Part 1. Good luck in this years Sinquefield Cup and Happy Thanksgiving.

[@Daniel-qx6bg]

he won!

[@briandoile5011]

Caruana is sooooo good. Man I always root for that guy!

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Love this podcast so much ❤️

[@joallen2004]

fabi too strong 💪

[@Vadim_Ibragimov]

Grischuk said this game against Levon was the best in the whole chess history

[@thernly]

I remember watching the game thinking Caruana refuses to resolve the tension, refuses to capture the exchange, refuses to give Levon even a gasp of air to breathe. He kept up the pressure forever. Aronian’s rooks were just dead wood. It really is an amazing game. It’s the kind of thing Fischer or Kasparov would do to a much lower rated opponent. It takes nerves of steel to do that to Aronian. Even Carlsen would have taken the exchange and won prosaically, but Caruana wanted everything in this game, and he got it.

[@kingcowgirl]

I'm going to memorize this game and then play it at a 1300 rated tournament just to get called a cheater

[@pavkal6603]

This chessboard is so beautiful ..!!! Can you let’s us know where you bought it please ?

[@user-hq8kg1qv3o]

Can anyone tell me where can i find this chess set?

[@darpanpatel8023]

This is great content!

[@silent_assassin_007]

What an amazing game. Always a pleasure to see someone sacrifice material and stay in complete control. Also things like small small details such as Ng5 winning tempo and timing Na5 precisely and shuffling of rooks on correct files was tooo gooood. btw who asked to "check his pockets" ?

[@fishheadsoupplz]

how did your ju jitsu tourney go? how was the weight cut?

[@daverowe1081]

good thing Kramnik wasn't at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup or Fabi would've had some explaining to do 🤔🤔

[@Traumtheater0]

I really love this format!

[@zkprintf]

Did they get Hikaru's editor? The preview is absolutely dingo

[@jeanpaulkassdale]

Interesting games 🧐

[@michaelsalinas7257]

Great content! could you tell us where we could get a board/set like the one y'all use in the video? It's gorgeous.

[@atulkrishan7830]

Fabi is going to win the candidates,,

[@22mylbrown94]

Am I the only person who finds Fabi to be the Roger Federer of chess.

[@mariomucalo6697]

You should have added the 8th game - as it was almost 8:0...

[@julianpuscikowski]

goated tournament performance

[@taponespantapajaritos3937]

3 out of 3 is interesting. always suspected Fabi something in his chin. He keeps touching it

[@josephvalinski849]

I like to think Fabi made that thumbnail himself.

[@csqpod]

👀

[@ChavaM88]

Ok, TOTALLY unrelated, the chess set they are using to demonstrate is beautiful 🤩. Anyone know of a set of pieces with simial quality on amazon or anywhere?

[@natalieharris3869]

Do you think the Zagreb '59 pieces are more beautiful than these?

[@ChavaM88]

@@natalieharris3869 Honestly no, the Zagreb '59 have those alternating colored tips on some of the pieces which, personally, doesn't look good. It's just not the aesthetic that I like.

[@duda-eg5ww]

Number 1

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Legend

[@kjgaming2427]

Still waiting for the merch

[@csqpod]

Stay tuned, on the way…

[@alexandrenr]

Nice!!

[@MycoKing]

Where can I get that specific chess set?

[@egiatchess4589]

2014: how to win Sinquefield Cup with +7 and potential for +9 2023: how to win Sinquefield Cup with +1 and without a tie for first

[@janesjanes4553]

🐐

[@egiatchess4589]

Imagine Hikaru would have won with 7-0. Kramnik would have been mad till today.

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Love yall!!! 🎉❤

[@abhinavshankar414]

I thought this was gonna be about Kramnik and Hikaru 😂

[@btorres5x]

Its fun to learn from Fabiano. I find his style similar to mine therefore he's one of the players I learn from the most. Hope he becomes world champ soon. He is the TRUE world number 2. He deserves the title. (Given that the number 1 is not longer interested lol)

[@LucyUna-ct3tj]

I don't know why but Fabi seem like so weak when he play vs Ding (6 - 2 favour for Ding)

[@btorres5x]

@LucyUna-ct3tj that's very interesting, Ding has always been impressive. But as of now my money is on Fabi. He's in outstanding form. While Ding never plays. Sadly

[@stevenlancaster5537]

Anyone have a link to that chess set?

[@jeanclaudevanslamme]

I don't know why the c is squared and at this point i'm too afraid to ask

[@rotimilapite4562]

In 50 years' time, chess players who don't know these games would be said to have zero chess culture!

[@egiatchess4589]

48:20 "I just checked this today, by miracle" come on, we heard this, just a year ago :)

[@michaelf8221]

I'm just sad none of the clips show Yasser talking about "Car-YOU-ana." Classic Yaz pronunciation alongside "Michael Tal."

[@jal2550]

A free chess masterClass......God bless the internet! btw...those pieces, goodness mes! Beautiful

[@blueguitarist]

Wow 0.368 of Fischers record! Great effort!

[@davidbornstein9197]

Fischer didn't beat 2800s

[@morcyjhonguyue4153]

did kramnic go wewoo today?

[@michaeloconnor6264]

who were the GM's wispering about Fabi cheating back then?

[@ranaarjun10]

Fabis performance rivals Hikarus 45.5 streak 3300+ elo maybe its time to dig up old man

[@joseluizcarvalhosilva8055]

please don't compare blitz to classical

[@egiatchess4589]

the only reason, why so less people suspected Fabi of cheating, was because engine where to weak at the time, to understand his moves. Give stockfish a further decade and he will give you 100% accuracy!

[@peterevans6373]

Kramnik would describe a streak like this as "very interesting"

[@someoneelse293]

You gotta reload this with a 2nd chess graphic for the analysis... we can't see the table board well enough

[@egiatchess4589]

41:30 "I didn't see that move" Come on, you only wanted to enjoy your win, by winning slowly :)

[@dark_magician_sdy]

❤🎉❤🎉

[@egiatchess4589]

1:06:50 "I don´t even remember the point of this play" -me, when I ask myself why I just played botez gambit

[@cjh-bk4pn]

chess

[@philipstevenson5166]

fabi's great. but magnus...

[@iceyroo]

Fabi’s gameplay is a little too INTERESTING if you ask me…

[@egiatchess4589]

Imagine Abdusatorov would have won Wijk aan zee with +10 (10/4/0) how the world would have reacted. Would we believe it legit or not? The internet would completly explode!

[@egiatchess4589]

7:10 "most moves came from your brain" Well its not as if you can take your Fritz to the board. You either have beeds or brain