#315 – Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time

Magnus Carlsen is the highest-rated chess player in history and widely considered to be the greatest chess player of all time. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00)– Introduction
(08:34)– Greatest soccer player of all time
(15:40)– Magnus’s approach to chess
(24:53)– Game 6 of the 2021World Chess Championship
(28:54)– Chess openings
(46:19)– Chess variants
(49:04)– Elo Rating
(57:31)– World Chess Championship
(1:21:42)– Losing
(1:29:04)– Day in the life
(1:35:55)– Drunk chess
(1:40:26)– Chess training
(1:48:20)– Garry Kasparov
(1:57:37)– Greatest chess player of all time
(2:10:48)– Advice for chess players
(2:12:32)– Chess YouTubers
(2:16:03)– Henrik Carlsen
(2:21:38)– Lessons for life
(2:25:02)– Queen’s Gambit
(2:26:53)– Poker
(2:33:06)– Loneliness
(2:36:28)– How does the knight move?