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

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Can You Take Game 8 of the World Championship?

I sometimes can get a little bit intimidated by my opponent. It's mostly if it's something that I don't understand fully. And I do think, especially when I'm playing while people, they just play more timidly against me than they do against each other. Because without even realizing it, I certainly use that to my advantage. If I sense that my opponent is apprehensive, if I sense that they're not going to necessarily take all their chances, it just means that I can take more risk. Yeah. What's been the toughest loss of your career that you remember? Would that be the World Championship match? Against Karakin in New York.

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