Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #315

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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Magnus’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen
Magnus’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/magnus_carlsen
Magnus’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/themagnuscarlsen
Magnus’s Website: https://magnuscarlsen.com

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OUTLINE:
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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