Is Magnus For Real?!

0:00 All right, you guys.

0:01 So, we have a video that we are going to cover today.

0:04 This is some content react.

0:05 This is a video on YouTube.

0:07 It's called Magnus Answers stupid questions.

0:10 Let's jump right into the video.

0:11 I'll put the closed captions on as well.

0:13 And here we go.

0:14 So, in this bowl, we have a bunch of hot takes.

0:16 I'm going to pick them out at random.

0:18 I don't know what they are.

0:19 And then I'm going to give my hot take on these hot takes.

0:23 Okay.

0:27 Chess is the most important game ever made.

0:31 Okay.

0:31 So, the way we're going to do this is we're going to see the questions.

0:34 I'm going to react.

0:34 I realize that there are a couple things

0:36 that are a little bit scuffed, but that's okay.

0:37 It's all good.

0:38 Um, all right.

0:40 So, as we as we look at this first

0:42 question about is chess the greatest game ever made,

0:45 I'm going to I'm going to say unequivocally the answer to that is obviously no.

0:49 Chess is not the greatest game ever made.

0:51 Um, it's it's not not even close.

0:53 I don't know what Magnus will say necessarily,

0:55 but uh definitely not definitely not the best game ever made.

0:58 There's no doubt about that.

1:00 I disagree with the with the premise.

1:03 No game is ever important.

1:06 Yeah, this is a dumb take.

1:08 Levy Rosman will become a grandmaster.

1:11 Okay, I mean this is the obvious one.

1:12 Magnus is going to obviously he's going to say

1:14 the exact same thing that I would say.

1:16 Levy is not going to become a grandmaster.

1:18 Um I I mean I think there was a very brief window maybe um in 2022ish

1:24 around there when when he had a really

1:26 good tournament in Spain if I remember correctly.

1:28 Maybe it was later than that.

1:29 Um but he but like Magnus Levy Levy will never become a GM.

1:32 I mean it's just his his time it's way too late.

1:35 Um and he he also would have to gain so many rating points.

1:38 It's just not happening.

1:39 Age age and rating make it borderline impossible.

1:46 Uh, chess is more creative than analytical.

1:49 Um, okay.

1:50 So, chess is more creative than analytical.

1:53 I would actually say I would say and I

1:56 think Mag is going to say the same thing here.

1:58 I I hope he says exactly what I'd say.

1:59 I would argue that chess for the first probably from from when

2:04 from with the modern rules I believe which is around like the early

2:06 1600s to till about I would say like 19 I'm going to say

2:11 until about like 19 I'm going to say 19 I would say 2000.

2:18 Let's just do 2000 is a round number.

2:20 Um I would 2000 a round number.

2:22 I think chess was way more creative than analytical.

2:25 But I think with the rise of computers,

2:27 chess has become far less creative

2:29 in the sense that the only creativity you have

2:32 is playing around with the computer and hoping

2:34 that it'll show you something very create,

2:35 some great idea that you can play in a game.

2:37 Um, so I think chess is much more analytical now than creative.

2:41 But for probably the last like 400 years up until 2000,

2:44 technology became what it is today.

2:47 It was much more creative.

2:48 So it swung from completely creative to completely analytical in my opinion.

2:52 That is absolute nonsense.

2:54 There is I think some element of creativity

2:58 in chess but normally creativity is not really rewarded.

3:02 What is rewarded is precision and analytical thinking.

3:07 So I am 100% not creative.

3:11 Even though at some point I thought I was creative,

3:13 I realized that what I thought was creative thinking was

3:16 seeing patterns that are more consistent with with analy analytical thinking.

3:21 So chess analytical I am satisfied with my career.

3:28 Satisfied with my career.

3:29 I mean if Magnus is I mean I'm sure Magnus

3:31 is satisfied with his career as he as he should be.

3:34 Yeah, I'm sure thinks he would.

3:34 I mean, I think for him, he probably just wants to uh just wants to maintain

3:38 the number one spot or win these tournaments as long as possible,

3:41 but I mean, if Magnus isn't satisfied with his career overall,

3:43 then uh then something's wrong.

3:46 No, I'm not satisfied.

3:47 I'm very satisfied.

3:48 I'm very happy with a lot of my my play, but I'm not done yet.

3:54 So, how Yeah.

3:55 So, I mean, more more or less he says exactly what I'm saying,

3:58 just in a different way,

3:59 which is that like obviously he's he's satisfied,

4:01 but he still wants to keep winning.

4:03 like he's basically saying he's he's fine with his career.

4:05 He's happy.

4:06 He wants to keep winning as long as he can.

4:08 Um, now someone in chat asked,

4:09 "Am I satisfied with my career?" Of course, I'm satisfied with my career.

4:12 Why would I not be satisfied?

4:14 Um, and I don't mean that in a uh in a weird way or negative way.

4:17 Uh but for me when I look at my career there there are

4:21 a couple very important moments but if you go back to 2019 in 2019 like

4:26 let's just say I basically broke into the top 10 around like 20 2009

4:31 2010ish whatever you want to call it you know I was in the top 10

4:34 for a very long time but in 2019 or started in 2018 but in 2019

4:38 my rating went on a went off a cliff and I was down to something

4:41 like number 19 or 20 in the world and at that point I really thought

4:44 that my professional chess career was over And if my career had ended in 2019,

4:50 um, with the one candidates tournament

4:52 in 2016 where I completely bombed and finished

4:54 near the bottom near the bottom of the table where I was like number seven,

4:59 um, in in that tournament with that being

5:00 like my best performance the candidates,

5:02 you know, very briefly being number two.

5:04 Uh, it would have been it would have been a very

5:06 I mean I I I would have looked at my career

5:08 and I would have felt that I left something on the table

5:10 or I had not achieved the maximum that I could have achieved.

5:14 Um, so then you know you look at 2019 and then if you

5:18 look at the pandemic and what has happened in the last six years,

5:21 I would say that I I I'm very very satisfied with my career

5:24 because sure you could say that I didn't quite make it to the top.

5:26 Obviously I you know I lost the game to ding had I known

5:29 at the time you could say I don't lose that game I play a match whatever.

5:32 Um but I definitely prove that I could have made it to a match

5:36 and so I definitely have no no real regrets about my chess career.

5:39 And so I'm very I'm very very very very pleased.

5:42 And I would also say separately, and this is a very American centric view.

5:46 I know depending where you are, it can be different, but for me,

5:49 when I look at my career as a chess player, you know,

5:52 I've I've always valued uh freedom,

5:54 the ability to do whatever I want with my life

5:57 far more than like individual accomplishments or anything else.

6:00 And having played chess, having succeeded with content creation the way I have,

6:03 having had the impact I had,

6:05 and basically being in a situation where I could retire

6:07 tomorrow and never have to work a day in my life,

6:09 I can't not be satisfied um with everything

6:12 that has happened in my chess career.

6:13 I just I just can't I can't not be satisfied because I've because

6:17 I've gotten to the place where I was always hoping I would be.

6:20 Um and everything else at this point is just gravy, you know.

6:23 It's just gravy or you know, it's what's it?

6:25 Uh pudding on top.

6:26 No, not pudding.

6:27 It's the the ice the pudding on top of the cake.

6:30 I can't think of the right phrase, but anyway, whatever.

6:32 Or it's the icing on top of the cake.

6:33 I can't think, but you guys get the point.

6:35 So, let's keep going with the video.

6:37 Chess YouTube content has gotten stale.

6:41 Chess YouTube content has gotten stale.

6:43 It of course, uh, this is not this probably

6:45 is not a great question for Magnus to answer,

6:47 per se, cuz Magnus obviously doesn't make content.

6:50 He's not, you know, he's not basically, you know,

6:52 on the in he's not looking at the inner workings of everything that's going on.

6:55 Um, I will give you guys a take.

6:57 Of course, chess content is stale.

6:59 And it's stale for quite a few different reasons.

7:01 Uh, first reason that chess content is very stale

7:04 is because we've reached a stage where every where everyone,

7:07 specifically the big content creators are content with what they're doing.

7:11 Um, so we're not grinding the way we once did.

7:14 You don't see a lot of the collabs.

7:15 Like you don't see Levy and I collabing.

7:17 You don't see like, you know, BZ, myself, Levy, Nemo, you know,

7:20 there were a lot of different collabs, a lot of different things.

7:22 whether it's four player chess, guess the ELO, um I mean playing B,

7:26 there were so many different things that we were doing

7:29 um back in 2020 and 2021 that are not happening anymore.

7:33 Um and everyone's basically just doing a little bit of the same thing.

7:35 Levy's doing the recaps.

7:37 I do recaps.

7:38 Levy doesn't guess the ELOS.

7:39 You know, we all play the bots.

7:40 Um so in general, of course, of course content has become stale there.

7:44 There's no there's no no denying that.

7:47 Um and that's that's that's just the that's just the truth.

7:50 I don't know.

7:50 I don't know what Magn is going to say cuz he's not

7:52 um he's of course he he doesn't have any specific insight into this.

7:57 I don't know.

7:57 I kind of agree.

7:58 That's why I got to do more.

8:02 To get better at chess, you should study more than you play.

8:05 Okay, so this is actually a great question.

8:08 Well, this question about you should study more at chess than you play.

8:10 You know, you you know what you know what I would say

8:12 on this one is I would say that this was 100% true.

8:16 This is the second question in this video that I would say there

8:19 was a correct answer up to a certain point and then with the rise

8:23 of technology and the availability of information

8:26 this also has changed this this question

8:29 specifically if you look at this question to get better you study more

8:32 than you play that would have been true up until I would say

8:36 2010 studying chess up till about 2010 I would say was actually much more

8:41 valuable now play play as much as you can you're going to improve

8:45 very quickly It's in the style of Alpha Zero where the more you play,

8:49 the more the patterns are going to connect.

8:51 So, you should play as much as you possibly can.

8:53 So, this this answer depends on when you ask,

8:55 but in the modern age, 100% you should play more.

8:59 Absolutely not.

9:00 That is the dumbest take I've ever seen.

9:02 Playing is fun.

9:03 You should definitely study, but I feel like you always learn more

9:08 from from from playing and then kind of analyzing your your games a bit.

9:15 And Correct.

9:15 There has to be an element of enjoyment as well.

9:19 I would say no.

9:19 You got

9:20 100% 100% spot on exact same take that I have.

9:23 Exact same take.

9:24 So, let's keep going.

9:25 I play a bit more than you study.

9:27 Um, chess is an elitist game.

9:29 Ooh, chess and elitist game.

9:31 Um, I this this this deserves some context,

9:35 but I think I think what I would say um you

9:38 got to play a bit more than you stud or sorry, I'm reading the text.

9:41 Sorry.

9:41 Um, it depends what the context of elitist game is.

9:44 I mean, definitely it's a game where how you're perceived within

9:48 the world of chess is directly related to the rating that you have.

9:52 Um, so I I I don't I don't know what they mean by elitist.

9:55 Like I I don't I don't I don't I don't know the context,

9:58 so I can't really answer.

9:59 I think on the contrary, chess is very accessible.

10:04 It is

10:05 cheap.

10:06 It is generally free to play online

10:09 and it's played by millions and millions and millions.

10:11 Yeah.

10:11 See like I again I mean Magnus is using the he's looking at the broader

10:14 take like how many people play the game and I actually I agree with Magnus here.

10:17 I just don't I don't know what the context is.

10:19 Like if the context is is it elitist where when you

10:21 play chess and you're in the world chess is it like that?

10:24 The answer is yes.

10:24 If it's whether it's elite, it's like people don't play chess at all,

10:27 then what Magnus is saying here is 100% spot on of people.

10:31 Audience noise slash live audiences ruin the integrity of the game.

10:36 I mean, you you guys you guys know my attitude.

10:38 Of course, I won.

10:39 They're confus confusing elitist with intelligence.

10:41 Yeah.

10:41 I mean, the question it's just a bad bad question.

10:43 It's not it's not phrased.

10:45 Um, to audiences ruin the integrity of the game.

10:47 I'm going to tell you guys,

10:48 Magnus is a lot like myself in that I think what

10:52 Magnus wishes is that there would be a lot more people who

10:55 would celebrate when he's doing well um or winning a tournament

10:59 or anybody's winning a tournament in a way that you don't have.

11:01 You know, I the last couple weeks I usually spend

11:04 my mornings I don't know if there's a game today,

11:06 but the last couple of weeks like I usually

11:08 spend my Saturday and Sunday mornings in the gym,

11:11 of course, I'm I'm busy looks maxing all the time.

11:14 Um, and there's always a premiership game on and I

11:16 think was it was it last week or the week before?

11:18 Uh, it was Halan was it man?

11:21 It was Halan scored in like the 80th minute.

11:23 I forget.

11:23 I forget.

11:24 I forget who who it was against.

11:25 Um, but but anyway, I was watching the game and he scores and you know

11:29 he goes runs up to the camera and like you have a stadium of like

11:32 80,000 people cheering and like I'm going to say that it's really sad that you

11:36 don't you never feel you never feel like

11:39 fan appreciation or anything like that in chess.

11:42 Uh it was it was Manu versus Arsenal.

11:44 Was that the game?

11:44 Yeah, it was like it was like two weeks ago in the premiership.

11:47 I I I I mean Halan scored in like the 70th 80th minute.

11:50 It was it was late in the game.

11:51 I don't know how how late it was.

11:52 But anyway, um you guys get the point of what I'm saying.

11:55 So yeah, obviously it would be nice if there was more more going on.

11:58 Man City versus Arsenal.

11:59 Yeah, first of all, I don't really think so.

12:04 And secondly, I just think that what we saw during the EWC is that it worked.

12:12 It worked really well with um with a with a live

12:15 audience and I would en encourage them to be louder and

12:19 I'm pronouncing Halan wrong.

12:20 Okay, I'm sorry guys.

12:21 I'm not Norwegian.

12:23 Thank you very much.

12:24 Appreciate it.

12:25 Wilder.

12:25 So, I disagree.

12:27 Steph Curry is better than LeBron James.

12:30 Okay, this is a I I don't even I don't even understand this question.

12:33 This is just a weird one.

12:34 I guess because Magnus likes basketball.

12:36 Um I will tell you guys, by the way,

12:38 speaking of basketball, very briefly, I'm going to get off topic.

12:41 the these modern day players, I don't want to sound like an unk here,

12:44 but these modern day players like they do not learn fundamentals.

12:48 We have seen three of the five worst performances in a half in these current

12:52 playoffs that are going on from the Atlanta Hawks against the New York Knicks.

12:56 We saw it in the game between the Magic

12:57 last night against the Pistons where they missed like 23,

13:00 was it 23 or 24 shots in a row like just

13:03 so many perimeter shots just clank clank clank over and over again.

13:07 And then of course last night we also saw it

13:09 in the game between the u between the Lakers and the Rockets.

13:11 So I mean you got to get the ball inside.

13:14 You got to get in the paint.

13:15 You you got to remember how how to play basketball properly.

13:18 So there's my little hot take for the second side.

13:20 I mean it's just ridiculous.

13:21 Like you just see all these perimeter three balls

13:23 just up up clank clank clank over and over again.

13:26 Um other than when you randomly shoot the three

13:28 ball and it goes in like Barrett shot.

13:30 But anyway um that that's just my little

13:32 my little random random rant for today um about basketball.

13:35 But anyway, to the question, I mean, I I I I would,

13:39 you know, as as an oldtime fan, you know,

13:41 I'm going to say that I like LeBron more because I

13:42 think Steph Curry and the three just shooting endless three balls,

13:46 I really don't like that style of basketball.

13:48 So, I I would I would say that LeBron is better.

13:51 There you go.

13:52 But yes, LeBron does flop a lot.

13:53 I agree with that.

13:54 Well, he's better at golf and he's

13:56 probably a better basketball player currently.

13:59 Uh but in terms of who has had

14:01 the best career and the highest peak, well, it's LeBron.

14:04 The current generation of professional players

14:06 is the strongest chess has ever seen.

14:10 Um, okay.

14:11 This this is an interesting question.

14:13 I mean, everything is relative in terms of time frames.

14:16 I think it's very hard to judge uh because Magnus has been so dominant.

14:20 I think Magnus' dominance definitely makes players like myself, Fabi, Leavonne,

14:25 and others uh look much diminished versus in the past where

14:28 you had like you had Kasparov and Karpov at the same time.

14:31 You had a Naan and Cranick as well.

14:33 I would say arguably those four players,

14:35 they might not be in the exact same generation,

14:38 but they're close enough and they're they're all four of those players,

14:40 I would argue, are probably top 10 all-time players.

14:43 So, I would say the quality of play is higher,

14:47 but neither Fabi nor myself are going to rank in the top 10, nor will Leavonne.

14:51 So, I would I mean, it's it's a contextual.

14:54 The the quality of chess play is definitely the highest ever.

14:57 Would I say we're the strongest historically?

14:59 I would say no just because you have those four players who are all

15:02 in the top 10 who are around the same time but it's all relative.

15:05 Okay, let's let's let's keep going.

15:08 Um to some extent yes because players do play better overreact or rage.

15:15 It's hard to say with other measures whether this one is

15:19 is the strongest but I think kind of the you have

15:23 two really really strong generations right now which is one is

15:27 the one that's born from 87 Nakamura to about 93 so

15:34 and that includes myself Carana Napom Nishi Ding and many others

15:40 and then you have the generation born from 2003 on um

15:45 of which Arjun is probably the the oldest and then you

15:48 have Gash and um Pragna Alvesa and Kimer and many others.

15:55 It's hard to say but I think there's a good argument

15:58 for the the early' 90s late '8s generation being the strongest ever.

16:04 Ah so okay so he does he does say that that's interesting.

16:07 I mean I it's hard to judge by what measure and Magnus correctly says.

16:11 I mean, if you go off the measure of the pure quality of chess,

16:13 the quality of chess is much higher,

16:15 but with every generation, the quality is going to keep improving.

16:17 So, it's it's all it's all relative.

16:19 Is Leavon part of your gen?

16:20 Well, it's weird because like I'm I'm like I'm a unique character.

16:24 Like, in my in my year,

16:26 the only other player who became really good is Teor Rajbob.

16:30 He's literally the only other player I think

16:32 from like the late 80s who was very strong.

16:34 Leavonne I think is 83 which is much which I mean

16:37 Leavon's like four years older than me if I'm not mistaken.

16:39 I'll take a look quickly like we look at Leavon Aronian.

16:42 Leavon Aron he is 19 1982.

16:47 So Leavon's actually 5 years older than me.

16:49 Um so I I I mean it's it's hard to judge but it's kind

16:53 of weird because like Magnus was born I

16:56 believe Magnus should be three years younger, right?

16:58 Magnus would be born in like 90 if I'm not 89 or 90.

17:01 I think uh Magnus was born in 90 or 89.

17:04 I think it's 90 but let me see.

17:06 Um yeah Magnus November 30th 1990.

17:09 So, um, yeah.

17:10 I mean, I it's it's hard to judge, but like from from my my I mean,

17:14 it's nice for Magnus to throw me in cuz I'm like literally

17:16 the only player outside of Rajabov who is good from the late 80s,

17:18 which is kind of strange.

17:20 Um, but, you know, it's it's nice to hear.

17:23 At any rate, so let's keep going.

17:26 Chess is fun.

17:27 Chess is fun.

17:28 Um, chess as a kid when you're first starting out is like

17:32 I think one of the best possible things that you can do.

17:35 I I mean I I I I I love chess as a kid starting out.

17:39 I think once it becomes serious,

17:41 especially if you're if you're very strong as a kid, it's anything but fun.

17:44 You know, I recently rewatched this documentary on Demisabas.

17:48 It was called the thinking game.

17:50 And um and and and you know,

17:52 it's very true that when when you become a very strong chess player,

17:55 it's not a cheap or it's it's not a cheap

17:57 game like Magnus alluding to earlier cuz then it's like hotels,

18:00 entry fees, airfares, you know,

18:02 there's a lot of money your parents end up spending on it.

18:05 And if you don't do well,

18:06 there's a ton of pressure and and everything else um go going on.

18:11 So, it's uh it's something where I would say at the beginning when

18:14 you're just a kid trying to play the game when you first start out,

18:17 it is tremendously fun.

18:19 But after that, if you if you I would say

18:21 once you get above about like 1,600 over the board level,

18:24 especially if you're a young kid,

18:25 it becomes very very serious is what I would say.

18:27 So for for me, chess I I don't I

18:29 don't really look at chess as being fun anymore,

18:31 but it was a it was a great fun when I started playing.

18:35 Well, that is not a hot hot take.

18:36 Chess is fantastic.

18:38 I think for some people starting out in chess,

18:41 it can be a little bit hard to grasp at first,

18:45 but everything that's worth something in life,

18:48 you have to work a little bit for.

18:50 And once you get into it, chess is fun.

18:54 It is.

18:55 I love the music.

18:56 By the way, whoever did I guess it was Team Liquid did this.

18:58 This is great music.

18:59 They try to make it sound like it's like some romantic

19:01 thing here with this like with this uh with this music.

19:04 I mean, I the pure game of chess itself self I love chess,

19:07 but I would not classify chess as fun.

19:09 That that's what I would not classify as.

19:11 I would say it's a great game, but I don't I don't think of it as fun.

19:15 Like I I mean I will always love playing chess.

19:17 Make no mistake.

19:18 But just because I love playing chess doesn't mean that I think it's fun.

19:22 So So that that's what that's what I would say.

19:23 Maybe maybe you can say that's kind of the same thing like

19:26 but is but I I don't view it as the same thing.

19:28 I think like loving something and then

19:29 thinking something are fun are very different.

19:31 Like I I will always love chess like for for for as long as long as I'm alive,

19:36 but I'm never going to look at chess is being something fun.

19:38 I'm never going to look at it as fun.

19:40 Shouldn't you think it's fun if you love it?

19:42 I mean, not really.

19:43 Because so so much of of chess for me

19:46 is like at this point it's like results driven.

19:49 Like it's it's all it's all about the you know, it's all about the competition.

19:52 It's all about the competition.

19:54 So like I mean I love chess as a game, but I don't think it's fun.

19:57 Like I I I don't think it's fun.

19:59 It's fun of course when you win everything, Mr.

20:01 Magdus.

20:01 Well, that's also true.

20:02 When you when you win everything, of course it's going to be more fun.

20:04 Obviously a fantastic obviously.

20:07 Obviously you win most of the time it's going to be fun.

20:11 This was not a hot take.

20:12 Uh kids should learn chess starting from checkmate patterns.

20:16 That's an interesting question.

20:18 That's actually I think how I started learning when I was a young kid.

20:21 I had my little pocket magnetic chess set because

20:23 I grew up back before social media ruined the world.

20:26 Um, and I had my pocket set and I had this book,

20:28 this, it has Bobby Fisher on the cover.

20:30 It was just a bunch of basic checkmating patterns.

20:32 So, I would open the book,

20:33 set up position on my magnetic chest set, and then I get the position,

20:36 make sure it's right, and then I go and I make the moves on the board.

20:38 Um, that's how I did it.

20:40 It's more fun on on an iPad.

20:41 I'm sorry you guys, I I'm sorry.

20:43 I'm an unk.

20:44 I disagree 100%.

20:45 I disagree 100%.

20:47 Um uh it it it had um it had Fischer on the cover.

20:51 Yeah, it was Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess.

20:53 It was this one.

20:54 Um can I open the image in a new tab?

20:56 Let me see if I can.

20:58 Yeah, it was this one.

20:59 It's this one.

21:00 It It was this book.

21:02 There was this book and then

21:03 my stepfather taught me some basic checkmating patterns.

21:05 But but basically, I'd have my little little pocket

21:08 chest that I'd set up the position from the book,

21:09 look at the books, look at the position,

21:11 then look at the board and try to figure it out.

21:13 Um, so I would actually say that um that that in general I that's how I learned.

21:18 I think it's a great way to learn at the start.

21:20 I think you should start with those checkmate patterns and then you should start

21:22 playing and then you should also start

21:24 of course learning some basic openings and everything.

21:26 Can you flex your guns on stream?

21:27 Flex my guns on stream.

21:28 I mean I I can try but anyway it's hard.

21:31 The camera the camera angle is not right but whatever.

21:33 Let's finish the video and then we can we can be silly.

21:37 I never really thought about that.

21:40 It does make sense.

21:41 First of all, checkmating is is fun and it will

21:44 give you a sense of accomplishment from from early on.

21:48 So why not?

21:49 But what exactly is the best way to learn chess from the beginning?

21:53 I don't know.

21:54 Uh Hikar is currently the second best chess player in the world.

21:57 Oh my Oh, this So, okay, you guys.

21:59 So, this is why my mods wanted me to react to the video.

22:02 I'm like, okay, it's a nice cute video.

22:04 It's good.

22:04 This is why the mods wanted me to react to it.

22:06 Okay, let's keep going.

22:08 Uh this is why.

22:09 Um, I mean, I would say that it depends what your metric is.

22:12 By overall performance, I would say yes.

22:15 And the reason I would say yes on this one is simply because people look

22:18 at mo people this recency bias where they look at one event and they're like,

22:22 "Oh, it's, you know, someone's terrible,

22:24 they can't play anymore." But for the last 3 years,

22:26 I've played well literally in every

22:27 tournament except for this one candidates's tournament.

22:30 So, the I don't I don't think the ratings actually lie.

22:32 I I would say that in general, I had one bad tournament.

22:34 Now, if I have another bad tournament, then it's a different story, of course.

22:38 Um, but that's that's my that's my view is that people are like,

22:42 "Oh, some terrible tournament.

22:43 No one's good anymore." Like the chess world has completely lost

22:46 its ability to remember anything beyond like beyond the past month.

22:49 They have like if Cinderov goes and has one

22:51 or two bad tournaments now after the cancel like, "Oh, Cinderov, he's terrible.

22:55 He's watch the favorite again." Like the world of chess is so messed up um

23:00 with with how they with how they look

23:01 at players and the ratings and everything else.

23:06 Um, I don't think that's a very hot take.

23:08 I don't think there are a lot of hot takes about number one and uh the rating

23:13 list and results in in top tournaments

23:15 of all formats say that he's the second best.

23:19 Oh, thank you.

23:20 Had a fantastic resurgence of his career after co that has

23:25 continued to to this day and he certainly deserves that.

23:29 Crystal chess chess 96 is the best way to determine actual calculations.

23:34 Um, so is freestyle the best way to determine calculation skill?

23:38 I think freestyle chess is the best way to determine um

23:41 best way to determine creativity ability is what I would say skill.

23:49 It's very hard to say.

23:51 I think freestyle says something about raw chess ability, but whether that is

24:00 to kind of discern new patterns when it comes to calculation

24:04 or more positional things mainly that's hard for me for me to say.

24:10 Um but if the take is more about measuring more of kind

24:15 of raw chess ability as I see it then I would rate that take ability.

24:20 Okay, fair enough.

24:21 US is better than Norway in soccer.

24:23 Have you seen the Norwegian?

24:25 I mean, of course, the US is better than Norway,

24:27 but that's not saying very much.

24:29 Team recently we're on fire.

24:31 We're going to win the World Cup.

24:32 So, it's utter nonsense.

24:34 Chess was better before AI.

24:37 Ah, chess was better before AI.

24:38 This is a this is a good question.

24:40 I think that chess I mean I think

24:44 there's more creativity and you would rely more

24:46 on your own brain before computers really took over

24:50 the game specifically in the last five or six years.

24:52 Um but saying better is so subjective.

24:56 So I I don't have actually have a strong take here myself.

24:58 I mean it's very very subjective.

25:00 It's very subjective.

25:04 It's very hard to say.

25:05 It was less accessible that sense it was worse.

25:09 It was probably for a pure playing experience at the highest level.

25:16 Yeah, it was it was better.

25:18 But overall, I would lean towards no.

25:21 My computer password is 20 moves of Ru Lopez theory.

25:25 Well, that would require me remembering 20

25:28 moves of Ru Lopez theory, which I don't.

25:31 So, no.

25:32 What did you think of the takes in the jar?

25:34 Uh, I think a lot of the takes were reasonable.

25:37 Some of them were outrageous,

25:39 some of them were rage bait, which I generally took.

25:44 Thank you guys for watching the Yeah, that's pretty good.

25:47 Pretty pretty pretty pretty good video.

25:49 Um, not Magnus is right.

25:51 There were no like super hot takes in there.

25:53 No super hot takes.

25:54 Um, but AI still is bad and chess were safe.

25:57 You know, the weird thing about chess though is that the notion

25:59 of computers and whe AI or whatever you want to call

26:01 it and whether they like ruin chess is it's only something

26:04 that really applies to the very very very top level of chess,

26:07 like the top 100 players in the world,

26:09 below the top 100 in the world, uh it literally doesn't matter at all.

26:12 Like below the top 100 in the world,

26:14 like chess is still a great game in spite of computers.

26:17 It has no impact whatsoever.

26:18 So that was a pretty good video actually.

26:20 I really did enjoy that.

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