FABIANO CARUANA: "I couldn't even look at chess!"

A new podcast episode with Fabiano Caruana as my guest! In this episode, Fabi talks about his motivation, story of his decline and then ascent back to the top, the cheating scandal, Magnus, Hikaru, the Candidates, his training schedule, and much more. Also, we play blitz with time odds. Enjoy! My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader Fabiano’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana Episode with Nepo: https://youtu.be/sW-i4CPCa_w?si=PRZaShC57wtet3_m CSquared podcast: https://youtube.com/@csqpod DOP: timmmy_photos 00:00 — Intro 00:41 — About the episode 2:30 — Fabi dropped chess in 2020 8:00 — Problems with motivation 10:28 — How to stay in good shape 11:38 — Staying calm despite external drama 14:59 — Chess and working out 17:32 — Chess training schedule 23:30 — Training now 27:56 — Calculation vs tactics 31:31 — Comparing with Magnus, Nepo, Hikaru, Ding, Wesley 38:50 — How Fabi rates himself 41:45 — If Fabi wins the Candidates 43:21 — Kramnik’s ban 52:35 — We play blitz My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts. In this podcast, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Aronian, Dubov and many others - the unreleased podcasts will be published in January-February), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play). I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, a dog and two cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese. Don't forget to subscribe!

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