The Art of Chess Mastery

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 2021 World 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?