Magnus Carlsen is the highest-rated chess player in history and widely considered to be the greatest chess player of all time. Quick note from Lex: The camera on Magnus died 20 minutes in. Most folks still just listen to audio-only version, but here on YouTube, 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. But 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.
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0:00 – Introduction
0:51 – Greatest soccer player of all time
7:57 – Magnus’s approach to chess
17:10 – Game 6 of the 2021 World Chess Championship
21:12 – Chess openings
33:35 – Chess960: Fischer random chess
38:37 – Chess variants
41:22 – Elo Rating
49:48 – World Chess Championship
1:14:00 – Losing
1:21:22 – Day in the life
1:28:12 – Drunk chess
1:32:43 – Chess training
1:40:37 – Garry Kasparov
1:49:54 – Greatest chess player of all time
2:03:06 – Advice for chess players
2:04:49 – Chess YouTubers
2:08:20 – Henrik Carlsen
2:13:55 – Lessons for life
2:17:19 – Queen’s Gambit
2:19:10 – Poker
2:25:24 – Loneliness
2:28:45 – How does the knight move?
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5:16 Jordan doesn’t cry
He’s always better than bron
A couple of excellent humans conversing freely and intelligently. Very enjoyable. Thank you both.
watching this now that he won world championship. fuck the no face cam hurts. he's pretty to look at
2:28:45 He didn't get teh pun, "How does the NIGHT move?" in other words, how do you play at night…
Asking a solo sport player about team sports is quite interesting
Magnus extreamly humble guy🙏🏻🙏🏻
I like how lex keeps taking notes like a therapist. 🔥podcast
Magnus is just chess Goku
Never be distracted 6934day
Incredible person! Magnus is so humble and open. You can see that he’s not just the best chess player in the world, but a really nice guy
Why no video?
You're asking such great questions though
Not greatest . Look at the old player they done it with no technology
Argentaine?!
Magnus only calculates one move at a time basically 🤣he literally just push pawns then just beats you in the middle game.and crushes you in the ending that's just unfair 🤑🤑the goat 🐐🤝
" I've never had a real job" Lucky motherf
Why you never charge the camera
his memory is such a beautiful tool, that miss from higuain in the World Cup final is what I think about … and can agree Messi did enough to already win 2 world cups at least.
I will make you my deity Magnus if you watch the Boston Celtics lmao
1:07:46 that’s actually very poignant, a strange mix of beautiful, ironic, and lonely. Magnus is my favorite world champion, but the Kasparov-Karpov rivalry and friendship will always be amongst the most fascinating pieces of chess history to me. Especially since it lasted so long.
why didn't you play
Aka ''soccer'' :)).. stop it, everybody know what football is
Magnus loves Messi? Then I love Magnus
love the ending xD the instant answer about meaning of life xD
the GOAT
Non sono appassionato di scacchi..ma questa è una delle interviste più belle che abbia mai sentito
this, Mr Lex Fridman, is top notch intervieweing. I watch one too many of content creators and the quality you present here reselmbles the great Dick Cavett. Total different style, same level of quality,
Magnus vs Hans vs Pragg vs Gukesh vs Arjun: https://youtu.be/GoKOSh3De0A
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Never expected to hear Magnus Carlsen speak about football, but he’s not American so he is allowed😮💨
You know you're dealing with another level when your opponent refers to their pieces as 'material'.
Fun isn’t increasing. There’s a give and take. The world is being destroyed and we’re partying in an endless orgy of ignorance calling it “fun”
lololol knows nothing about football – Pelé is the best ever
Yeah camera died but you can allow it to show Magnus showing certain positions? Just let us watch them talk dude 😕
How do you not charge your battery before going into an interview
carlsen is wrong about chess 960. he said the pawns stay on the same square, you even move the pawns around, as long as they are on the 2nd row
No Debate, Jordan is the greatest thus far.
GOD IS EVERYTHING ❤
Nice work on the camera feed replacement footage! Very interesting.
COPIUMSHIPMENT approaching.
why the fuck is he the interviewer a robot
Karjakin should have had the right to play Nepo. Ukraine is but a puppet and USA will be no more sooner or later. Then the world will know peace.
FANTASTIC interviewer!! I love that you opened the conversation with football, basketball, and overall questions about personal philosophy. It is a refreshing starter for the conversation to come.
Lex one thing you didn’t talk about was the similarity between Chess and Jiu-Jitsu. It would be interesting what would be Magnus comment
Carlsen and Fridman are "brothers from another mother", can't convince me otherwise.
yo man can your introduction be less cringe and creepy
Magnus lives 15 min away from me. Therefore, i’m pretty important.
Thank you both for an amazing interview. This has to be one of my favourites. I would love to see another episode with Magnus – very inspiring.
It's funny how his dad mentioned the Evans Gambit because it's Agadmator's favorite opening, but neither Lex nor Magnus had any clue why he brought it up.
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Quick note from Lex: The camera on Magnus died 20 minutes in. Most folks still just listen to audio-only version, but here on YouTube, 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. But 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.
0:00 – Introduction
0:51 – Greatest soccer player of all time
7:57 – Magnus's approach to chess
17:10 – Game 6 of the 2021 World Chess Championship
21:12 – Chess openings
33:35 – Chess960: Fischer random chess
38:37 – Chess variants
41:22 – Elo Rating
49:48 – World Chess Championship
1:14:00 – Losing
1:21:22 – Day in the life
1:28:12 – Drunk chess
1:32:43 – Chess training
1:40:37 – Garry Kasparov
1:49:54 – Greatest chess player of all time
2:03:06 – Advice for chess players
2:04:49 – Chess YouTubers
2:08:20 – Henrik Carlsen
2:13:55 – Lessons for life
2:17:19 – Queen's Gambit
2:19:10 – Poker
2:25:24 – Loneliness
2:28:45 – How does the knight move?
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