Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana sits down for an in-depth interview covering his Candidates ambitions, Gukesh’s world championship title, the controversial new championship cycle, Magnus Carlsen’s influence, the decline of online chess, cheating concerns, the rise of freestyle chess, Hans Niemann, and personal reflections on 2025. Hope you enjoy!!!
00:00 – Intro
02:00 – Candidates Chances & Past Opportunities
02:30 – Gukesh as World Champion
03:00 – New Championship Cycle Changes & Magnus
04:50 – Magnus as Role Model & Chess Popularity
06:00 – Future of Online Chess & Its Decline?
09:00 – Cheating Paranoia & Online Issues
13:00 – Is Freestyle Chess the Future?
16:00 – Freestyle Advice & Preparation
19:00 – Hans Niemann & American Chess
21:00 – Overrated Players & Hikaru’s Rating
22:00 – Elite Players vs. Content Creators
25:00 – Chess Boxing Story & Personal Anecdote
29:00 – 2025 Highlights, Candidates Predictions & Closing
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Hi Dina Belenkaya! 😊♟️✌️ I saw and watched the new live video, but not this one, but the other one, and Dina is deafening when we put on headphones… Stop screaming, we like you, but please stop, some people wear headphones to respect those who sleep at home, and you spoil the fun 😂 Dina's voice is really unbearable, the screaming. 🙏Dina, what a screamer, terrible. The level of the commentators… I've rarely seen worse. I admit that Dina's screams are a little unpleasant to watch. And please, Dina, don't show both your legs, feet and toes in the video between 1:45 and 1:46, as if you fell off the chair
Hi Dina Belenkaya! 😊 I saw and watched the new live video, but not this one, but the other one, and Dina is deafening when we put on headphones… Stop screaming, we like you, but please stop, some people wear headphones to respect those who sleep at home, and you spoil the fun 😂 Dina's voice is really unbearable, the screaming. 🙏Dina, what a screamer, terrible. The level of the commentators… I've rarely seen worse. I admit that Dina's screams are a little unpleasant to watch. And please, Dina, don't show both your legs, feet and toes in the video between 1:45 and 1:46, as if you fell off the chair
Dina And Fabi ✌️♟️
well no chess player lasts forever very few, hans might be on his last leg, you plateau as a competitor you hit a ceiling
Sometimes i learn new English words from these type of interviews. Overall it was pleasant throughout the video.
Fischer random is way more fun to watch and play.
Hans propaganda once again. The influencers and the FIDE body (who chose Hans as their Wild Card) prove that there IS a higher authority that is pushing this political tool (Hans) into the conversation for an ulterior motive
In a tournament where each player faced every other player twice, Caruana beat everyone. He was also going to beat Carlsen in their second game, but he settled for a draw in that one. As far as I remember, he finished the tournament clearly in first place with a decisive score. If Caruana reaches that level of form again, no one can stand in his way.
3:35 They should keep a world championship titled play format. In others they should be reduced to chess piece names Blitz King Rapid King Classical King and for women the #1 spot would be the queen then #2 rook #3 bishop #4 Knight. In this sense it would still be stated they finished first or second but no confusion of world champion status. Where Gukesh is currently the World Champion. FIDE should show more creativity in deliberately classifying the status of the winners of large tournaments.
This was an excellent interview.
you had a decent podcast till you made it about your wounded ego….
A top 3 player, humble, kind and agreeable, but attentively speaks his mind when necessary, and is very well spoken and eloquent.
everything considered, perhaps the g|person|at in chess, imo
Particularly for cca events, tournament organizers should initially only reveal your board number and color until 5 minutes before the round. Lets please get rid of preparation chess culture
We love Fabi!
Thanks Dina!
very nice interview
guys, it's AI
He's a mensch.
Too much of a clash in communication styles. Too many edits
Has no one heard of LiChess?
Hi Dina Belenkaya! 😊 I saw and watched the new live video, but not this one, but the other one, and Dina is deafening when we put on headphones… Stop screaming, we like you, but please stop, some people wear headphones to respect those who sleep at home, and you spoil the fun 😂 Dina's voice is really unbearable, the screaming. 🙏Dina, what a screamer, terrible. The level of the commentators… I've rarely seen worse. I admit that Dina's screams are a little unpleasant to watch. And please, Dina, don't show both your soles, feet and toes in the video between 1:45 and 1:46, as if you fell off the chair
Why can Dina and most women chess content creators only play blitz? Or they are only good at blitz. With more time, say 90 min. each, they aren't that good. That's why you rarely see Dina play anything other than blitz chess.
Hi Dina Belenkaya! 😊 I saw and watched the new live video, but not this one, but the other one, and Dina is deafening when we put on headphones… Stop screaming, we like you, but please stop, some people wear headphones to respect those who sleep at home, and you spoil the fun 😂 Dina's voice is really unbearable, the screaming. 🙏Dina, what a screamer, terrible. The level of the commentators… I've rarely seen worse. I admit that Dina's screams are a little unpleasant to watch. And please, Dina, don't introduce yourself in the video between 1:45 and 1:46, as if you fell off the chair.
I found your twin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyofqsBQS5I
Dina just played with gukesh 8 months back before gukesh won the world champion 😂
Ждём чемпионат мира по стрельбахматам (Pistolchess) или лукошахматам (Archery Chess)! Шахбокс есть, а где же гонкошахматы (Race Chess), фехтошахматы (Fence Chess) или пловшахматы (Swimchess)? Представляю, как на swimchess нокаутируют соперника заплывом на шахматную доску! В общем, создатели, дерзайте: нам нужны Gunchess, Runchess и Grapple Chess — кто следующий? 💪🎯🏊♂🤺♟
The title world champion is always going to be classical. Thats the backbone of chess and its history😂. No way fide should have reduced timecontrol in classical. Not good for chess. 😮😮😮
I dont think so BelenKaya Scodelario
Дина! Чмоки и обнимашки! 😎🌷
Magnus as role model starts at 4:15. Not 4:50_
First time I’ve noticed all the gray hair coming in around Fabi’s temples…he’ll be all white by the time he’s 45. Again, he shows that he’s all class and a sincerely humble guy.