I love the use of a real chess board. This video is top-notch diamond studded content. And to cover Fabi’s historic tournament in such detail is just a tremendous gift to the chess community. The best tournament performance in history. Must be a nice feather to have in your cap.
This is arguably the greatest tournament victory in Chess history. Some others that come to mind are Fischer 1972 Candidates tournament, and Karpov at Linares in 1994.
@@mustaphad1319Absolutely not. You must have been born in 2010, you discount all of chess history, just pure nonsense. Olympiad is not a strong tournament like elite round robins. Olympiad is not even close. And Gukesh badly blundered to Abdusattorov in the final game
@@tomgriffiths6558 Tom, you are correct, the average rating of the players in 2014 Sinqufield Cup is the highest avg. rating in the history of chess tournaments ever.
I still remember this incredible result. Magnus was the only other player with a plus score and a distant, distant second, with a loss against only one player: Fabi
Fabiano is the player because of whom I started following chess more regularly. In the post Vishy-Kramnik era, Fabi felt like the best competitor to Carlsen.
Yeah, he's the only one who's ever been close since the Magnus era started. And I also must say I like his personality the best out of the top guys. He's confident but not cocky, respectful but not submissive, and just seems to be a really good dude!
@bobing1752 Yes, Levon was the second best player in the world for a long time. This tournament changed it all. I remember waking up early everyday to check updates on the RUclips broadcast of this Sinquefield Cup edition. I had already heard of Fabi before, and I believe he was already a 2800+ player, but this tournament was a seismic shift.
@@bobing1752 Yea Levon is definitely the second closest, but he was never really that close. Hitting 2830 is obviously insane, but Carlsen was 2881 at that point. While Fabi was like 3 points behind Carlsen in 2018 and could literally have overtaken him on the rating list by winning one single game. Would have altered the course of history for sure!
@@noone-ld7pt true. My point wasn't that Levon was closer than Magnus than Fabi would ever be, it's just that in the context of this video, Fabi was not yet considered as the main competitor for Magnus because form 2010 to 2014 it was Levon.
I love Fabiano's subtle hint at 1:52 when addressing certain colleagues who believed he was cheating in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup. "I'm not sure if their opinion was modified, later on . . ." Yeah, modified after Fabi won the 2018 Candidates Tournament, drew Magnus 12 times in a World Championship match, and became the 3rd highest rated chess player in history. That might have something to do with a change of opinion. 🤣
I have a feeling Hans will not have the same validation of strength. Hans already dropped 50 rating points and is mired at 2650 for the foreseeable future. Hans went from 2480 to 2700 twice as fast as Firouzja and three times faster than Magnus. Hans cheated.
That Fabi performance (and ofc Yasser & Maurice's commentary) is when I restarted playing chess after giving it up 20 years before when I was about 9 yo
This tournament is the reason why I am always rooting for Fabi even till this date. I was a budding chess player who just started following top level chess online (I was 11 that year; just finished my first world youth championship the year before). What Fabi did there completely blew my mind, it was astonishing how powerful his play was and how easily he demolished other top players, including Magnus.
Proud owner of one of the limited DGT enabled chess sets of this memorable event. Nice memories and an exceptionally beautiful chess set. This was one of the huge tournament victories of chess history.
That Fabinator 3098 is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are mated!
I really like Fabi's style of explaining things - there is some special, gentle timbre of emotion in the voice. Also that kind of objectivity is compelling. Really enjoyed the show.
I am only a new chess adaptor, but I now know of the two greatest moments in sporting history: Fabi's 2014 Sinquefield Cup Cristian's 2023 Ju-Jitsu Competition Cristian cutting weight and Fabi cutting down his opponents. Love your work lads, keep it up, All the way from Australia!
The game against Levon is much more impressive to me - Magnus just played poorly in the game he lost, whereas Levon made a bunch of relatively minor inaccuracies and still got wiped off the board
I believe that, and everyone here should agree, Fabiano will become world champion. He is currently the people's champ. He's had an amazing year tickling that 2800 rating and staying around 30 rating points away from Magnus. This Sinquefield cup review going 7-0 should remind people on why. Mark my word, he will be champion. Great review and glad you guys are making this a series!
I must admit, I only watch Chess since 2017, with Caruana as a Chess role model from the beginning. Therefore I got the joy to look watch the 2018 Candidates and World Champ live, but I only got to see the StLouis Games some years later. To be honest I still find it hard to believe, how it can be possible to get 7-0 against such strong opponents, when theory and everything was already so far, that you loose so much winning chances. Truly impressive, showing that Fabi is the third strongest Player in history for a reason. Looking at the games, its just inspiring to see that no matter how good your opponent is prepared, you can always play for a win.
The issue that I noticed with cheap induction stoves: they don't directly turn down the power, but always go full-power. If you turn it down to e.g. a 5 it will do a 10 second on, 10 second off. Especially in a lighter pan the temperature will go up/down all the time. For most stuff that you cook that doesn't really matter, but if you have a tortilla in for 15 seconds it can differ quite a bit how much heat the tortilla gets.
Basically everyone wasn’t as cautious while playing him as they are now.They underestimated fabi & went for a kill got crushed. This episode is awesome❤please upload part 2 soon
Love the otb analysis, it's obvious that fabi is a chess purist and i love that he brings that energy to these games Suggestion for future content. Christian vs Fabi in a mini match (eg 4-6 games of 10+5 OTB or similar?). Then a deep analysis of the games between you guys. Showcasing the gaps in understanding of a 2530 GM and a top Super GM.
For a beginner like me it's a bit difficult to understand all the analysis that Fabi is doing at the board, any way we can get a digital board for that also?
Don’t worry if you don’t understand it all yet. Fabi’s play in this tournament was the greatest chess playing by a human, ever. His game against Aronian is arguably the greatest chess game of all time. You could write a book on each of the 7 games in the tournament; that is how miraculously complex and beautiful they are
For some reason the ratings Cristian cites are all very inaccurate, e.g. Fabi was not 2823 and Magnus was not 2847. The ratings of the players were: Fabi 2801, Topalov 2772, MVL 2768, Magnus 2877 (!), Levon 2805, Hikaru 2787. It does somewhat throw cold water on the narrative build-up that Fabi and Magnus were "very very closely" rated. Great video though, fascinating to hear Fabi's explanation of the positions.
Exactly, there were "only" 3 2800 plus were in the tournament and Fabi was the lowest among the 3 , which is unbelievable. Levon was 2805, Fabi close enough 2801, and Magnus was on another planet with 2877
i dont care about the best tournament performance or about aliens in hudf yd3. both beyond my horizont of imagination. i care about the best streamer performance ever! best topics, best quality, best insight in chess. chapeau for fabiano and cristian. you are the brightest stars in my chess streamer universe
Question for Fabi, I think there would be manny others, interested as well: How much time do you plan, for people to learn the Archangel? Just a number of hours or days practicing would be amazing, as well as the question, if the top players are actually that fast in remembering opening lines, or if they just spend more time in practicing. Thanks in advance!
I'm curious who Fabi was referring to when he said some of his coleagues thought or think he cheated at that tournament... levon and maxime are good friends with him, magnus hikaru and topolov remain, speaking of minimum 2 means that one of magnus and hikaru is on the list
Wonderful video! I wish you would pass on the digital board, though, and just show the actual board in close-up, like 7:57 (or better yet, show it from above).
Fabiano Caruana's winning streak at the Sinquefield Cup has me reevaluating my life choices. I mean, I can't even win an argument with my cat, and here he is dominating grandmasters like it's a casual Tuesday evening at the chess club. Maybe I should start practicing my moves with my morning coffee. Checkmate, world - or at least my coffee cup!
If I have the choice between an autograph of Fabi and Christian, I would always take Christian, as you only have to travel to an Event in which Fabi plays, but its really hard to visit the tournaments in which Christian plays in.
White rook on f8, knight on g6 , other knight coming in soon, queen coming in soon. Opponent is Magnus fucking Carlsen Fabiano : it’s a *bit* scary but I think I’m alright That right there is the understatement of the century
This was not the best performance in chess history. It was great, so don't get me wrong. But, there were a number of greater tournaments. One was Fischer's 11-0. Another was Zuckertort's 1888 London. There were others as well.
That was the most powerful performance in human history as I recall. If I'm not mistaken a performance of 3750 across the whole tournament. Funny enough, unless something has changed since and I'm not updated, the second best performance in human history is actually by Sofia Polgar who is "only" an IM but had a very strong tournament with a 3650 performance.
@@c2c001 Sorry to be harsh but what is difficult to understand is the bullshit you are talking. Fabis Performance is the best of all time, but it is 3103. Its litterally impossible to reach a performance of over 3500, even if you win all games in a 100 round tournament of top 10 players. Sofia had a performance of 2879, which is impressive but not even top 10. Magnus had a Performance of 3002 in China 2009. chessmetrecs gives Karpov in Linares a Rating of 2899 Fisher in the Candidates 1971 was above 3000. There are manny good performances, but 3750 is just stupid
@@egiatchess4589 It's just what I remembered, hence the using of the words "if i'm not mistaken". Either way it depends on the method you're referring to. You can measure it against the relative ratings of other or against a computer. The latter will obviously be adjusted over time.
I love the use of a real chess board. This video is top-notch diamond studded content. And to cover Fabi’s historic tournament in such detail is just a tremendous gift to the chess community. The best tournament performance in history. Must be a nice feather to have in your cap.
This is arguably the greatest tournament victory in Chess history. Some others that come to mind are Fischer 1972 Candidates tournament, and Karpov at Linares in 1994.
Yeah, those are the 2 I thought of that could be in the same conversation, but I would rate Fabi's perfirmance first out of those
@@joshpointohFischer's undefeated streak is wayyy better, you went too far son.
I assume you meant Fischer 1971 Candidates Matches? Plus perhaps 1970 Interzonal.
Gukeshs streak in the Olympiad would be top 5
@@mustaphad1319Absolutely not. You must have been born in 2010, you discount all of chess history, just pure nonsense. Olympiad is not a strong tournament like elite round robins. Olympiad is not even close. And Gukesh badly blundered to Abdusattorov in the final game
One of the most legendary performances in sports history
Its like pitching a perfect game and a no-hitter back to back. Truly remarkable.
@@Turnyourtruth42nope, you went too far son. Learn baseball.
Yes
I downvoted this then started the podcast and he listed then names of the other people in the tournament 😮
@@tomgriffiths6558 Tom, you are correct, the average rating of the players in 2014 Sinqufield Cup is the highest avg. rating in the history of chess tournaments ever.
I still remember this incredible result. Magnus was the only other player with a plus score and a distant, distant second, with a loss against only one player: Fabi
Fabiano is the player because of whom I started following chess more regularly. In the post Vishy-Kramnik era, Fabi felt like the best competitor to Carlsen.
Yeah, he's the only one who's ever been close since the Magnus era started. And I also must say I like his personality the best out of the top guys. He's confident but not cocky, respectful but not submissive, and just seems to be a really good dude!
I mean, until this exact tournament, Levon felt like the closest competitor to Carlsen. Levon hit 2830 in 2012 which is insane.
@bobing1752 Yes, Levon was the second best player in the world for a long time. This tournament changed it all. I remember waking up early everyday to check updates on the RUclips broadcast of this Sinquefield Cup edition. I had already heard of Fabi before, and I believe he was already a 2800+ player, but this tournament was a seismic shift.
@@bobing1752 Yea Levon is definitely the second closest, but he was never really that close. Hitting 2830 is obviously insane, but Carlsen was 2881 at that point. While Fabi was like 3 points behind Carlsen in 2018 and could literally have overtaken him on the rating list by winning one single game. Would have altered the course of history for sure!
@@noone-ld7pt true. My point wasn't that Levon was closer than Magnus than Fabi would ever be, it's just that in the context of this video, Fabi was not yet considered as the main competitor for Magnus because form 2010 to 2014 it was Levon.
Fabiano analyzing this game with shock like "omg this Fabiano guy in 2014 was really good, I love his subtle and precise moves"
"The older I get, the better I was" :DDDDD
I love Fabiano's subtle hint at 1:52 when addressing certain colleagues who believed he was cheating in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup. "I'm not sure if their opinion was modified, later on . . ." Yeah, modified after Fabi won the 2018 Candidates Tournament, drew Magnus 12 times in a World Championship match, and became the 3rd highest rated chess player in history. That might have something to do with a change of opinion. 🤣
I have a feeling Hans will not have the same validation of strength. Hans already dropped 50 rating points and is mired at 2650 for the foreseeable future. Hans went from 2480 to 2700 twice as fast as Firouzja and three times faster than Magnus. Hans cheated.
@@hosiahjonesI agree with you fully, and that Fabi's incredible streak was 100% legit.
That Fabi performance (and ofc Yasser & Maurice's commentary) is when I restarted playing chess after giving it up 20 years before when I was about 9 yo
This tournament is the reason why I am always rooting for Fabi even till this date. I was a budding chess player who just started following top level chess online (I was 11 that year; just finished my first world youth championship the year before). What Fabi did there completely blew my mind, it was astonishing how powerful his play was and how easily he demolished other top players, including Magnus.
Proud owner of one of the limited DGT enabled chess sets of this memorable event. Nice memories and an exceptionally beautiful chess set. This was one of the huge tournament victories of chess history.
I've never seen such crystal clear explanation in a while. Good stuff Fab! (also not bad Chris)
That Fabinator 3098 is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are mated!
Fabi just casually remembering his moves from 2014 while I can't remember what pocket I put my phone in
I really like Fabi's style of explaining things - there is some special, gentle timbre of emotion in the voice. Also that kind of objectivity is compelling. Really enjoyed the show.
One of the performances ever in chess. I remember following it live!
Really like you guys using the chessboard and screen shot. Great idea.
Arguably your best podcast to date, great content thanks so much.
Thank you!!!!! Historic 2014 Sinquefield Cup (coupled with the 2018 wcc match) cements Fabi as one of the Top 20 chess players of all time. PERIOD! ❤
Our pleasure!
This was really fun to watch. It reminds me of why I love chess so much. Thank y'all!
How dare you release this while I'm trying to work.
So excited you guys did this...getting Fabi perspective here was truly fascinating.
I am only a new chess adaptor, but I now know of the two greatest moments in sporting history:
Fabi's 2014 Sinquefield Cup
Cristian's 2023 Ju-Jitsu Competition
Cristian cutting weight and Fabi cutting down his opponents.
Love your work lads, keep it up,
All the way from Australia!
The win against Aronian with the Ruy Lopez is one of my favorite games ever. Karpov-ian positional win
The win over Magnus slaps too, of course
The game against Levon is much more impressive to me - Magnus just played poorly in the game he lost, whereas Levon made a bunch of relatively minor inaccuracies and still got wiped off the board
This is the reason why I became big fan of Fabi till today
Best thumbnail so far
I believe that, and everyone here should agree, Fabiano will become world champion. He is currently the people's champ. He's had an amazing year tickling that 2800 rating and staying around 30 rating points away from Magnus. This Sinquefield cup review going 7-0 should remind people on why. Mark my word, he will be champion. Great review and glad you guys are making this a series!
Feel blessed to hear you explain your games. An honor
I must admit, I only watch Chess since 2017, with Caruana as a Chess role model from the beginning. Therefore I got the joy to look watch the 2018 Candidates and World Champ live, but I only got to see the StLouis Games some years later. To be honest I still find it hard to believe, how it can be possible to get 7-0 against such strong opponents, when theory and everything was already so far, that you loose so much winning chances. Truly impressive, showing that Fabi is the third strongest Player in history for a reason. Looking at the games, its just inspiring to see that no matter how good your opponent is prepared, you can always play for a win.
The issue that I noticed with cheap induction stoves: they don't directly turn down the power, but always go full-power. If you turn it down to e.g. a 5 it will do a 10 second on, 10 second off.
Especially in a lighter pan the temperature will go up/down all the time.
For most stuff that you cook that doesn't really matter, but if you have a tortilla in for 15 seconds it can differ quite a bit how much heat the tortilla gets.
I see the bicep& tricep gains fabi, keep up the great work. Christian been looking jacked as well!
Basically everyone wasn’t as cautious while playing him as they are now.They underestimated fabi & went for a kill got crushed.
This episode is awesome❤please upload part 2 soon
Finally, a nice chess set! Bravo!
Love the otb analysis, it's obvious that fabi is a chess purist and i love that he brings that energy to these games
Suggestion for future content. Christian vs Fabi in a mini match (eg 4-6 games of 10+5 OTB or similar?). Then a deep analysis of the games between you guys. Showcasing the gaps in understanding of a 2530 GM and a top Super GM.
Could be a fun idea, although Christian is definitely gonna get cooked
Excellent series.
the idea of remembering your (Caruana and Chirilla) best (and worse?) results is really nice. More!
Love the real board and the real board cam
For a beginner like me it's a bit difficult to understand all the analysis that Fabi is doing at the board, any way we can get a digital board for that also?
Don’t worry if you don’t understand it all yet. Fabi’s play in this tournament was the greatest chess playing by a human, ever. His game against Aronian is arguably the greatest chess game of all time. You could write a book on each of the 7 games in the tournament; that is how miraculously complex and beautiful they are
cant wait for the rest of the games
Spoiler alert.
Fabi won.
For some reason the ratings Cristian cites are all very inaccurate, e.g. Fabi was not 2823 and Magnus was not 2847. The ratings of the players were: Fabi 2801, Topalov 2772, MVL 2768, Magnus 2877 (!), Levon 2805, Hikaru 2787. It does somewhat throw cold water on the narrative build-up that Fabi and Magnus were "very very closely" rated. Great video though, fascinating to hear Fabi's explanation of the positions.
Exactly, there were "only" 3 2800 plus were in the tournament and Fabi was the lowest among the 3 , which is unbelievable. Levon was 2805, Fabi close enough 2801, and Magnus was on another planet with 2877
What board and pieces are those? Where can i buy? They look nice.
Amazing run at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup!!
Great. This reminds me of the old Kasparov dvd where he covers some of his best games.
Hailstorm message from God: FABI HAS ARRIVED! ⚡⚡⚡
i dont care about the best tournament performance or about aliens in hudf yd3. both beyond my horizont of imagination.
i care about the best streamer performance ever!
best topics, best quality, best insight in chess.
chapeau for fabiano and cristian. you are the brightest stars in my chess streamer universe
Note to the editor: Please show the variations being discussed. It's hard to follow without visuals even a few moves deep.
takes, takes, mate. Takes, takes, mate. Takes, takes, takes, takes, mate.
A good human bring excel at what he loves. Nothing but respect for Fabi and this amazing result. Godspeed Fabi!
Fabi understands chess better than anyone, his game against Magnus shows exactly that point. Fantastic analysis!
Question for Fabi, I think there would be manny others, interested as well: How much time do you plan, for people to learn the Archangel? Just a number of hours or days practicing would be amazing, as well as the question, if the top players are actually that fast in remembering opening lines, or if they just spend more time in practicing. Thanks in advance!
I'm curious who Fabi was referring to when he said some of his coleagues thought or think he cheated at that tournament... levon and maxime are good friends with him, magnus hikaru and topolov remain, speaking of minimum 2 means that one of magnus and hikaru is on the list
ice bucket fabi , thank you guys for the footage
This is such a beautiful chess set. I am mesmerized.
When Fabiano goes into stockfish mode noone can beat him
Does anybody know the type of chess pieces they are using? I am looking to upgrade from my german Staunton
What's the chess set used in this one? It looks absolutely beautiful
24:16 Maurice damn i miss that guy
That was the time I became a Fabi fan, and I have been one ever since!
Off topic question, is Fabi working hard bíceps aka gym?
i too noticed those arms getting bigger and wonder if he just added egg whites to his diet
Yet another excellent broadcast. Thank you guys
7:57 I wonder what happens if he takes with the pawn, since 2 moves later he plays g4 anyway.
Beating Topalov, MVL, and Magnus to start the tournament with two out of three as black is absolutely phenomenal.
7/7 speaks for itself. The true 🐐
Wonderful video! I wish you would pass on the digital board, though, and just show the actual board in close-up, like 7:57 (or better yet, show it from above).
A part of history surely🙏🙏🙏
3 things in live, that practically impossible:
-The sun stops to shine
-Fabi loosing in Chess
-Fabi active on Discord
We miss you man!
Brilliant, insightful and entertaining.
Great revisit.
❤
If he is the chess machine, Magnus is Terminator.
- "I'll be back"
What a thumbnail !
Fabi went from looking like a Computer Science major to looking like a tech CEO on his way to a workout. Man looks so classy.
Fabiano Caruana's winning streak at the Sinquefield Cup has me reevaluating my life choices. I mean, I can't even win an argument with my cat, and here he is dominating grandmasters like it's a casual Tuesday evening at the chess club. Maybe I should start practicing my moves with my morning coffee. Checkmate, world - or at least my coffee cup!
Fabi is unironically goated with the sauce
Bro Chrstain ur arms are massive holy moly.😂
Fabi the goat
If I have the choice between an autograph of Fabi and Christian, I would always take Christian, as you only have to travel to an Event in which Fabi plays, but its really hard to visit the tournaments in which Christian plays in.
C-Squared podcast!!! Lets go!! ❤🎉
Fabi just goes over every move I think look scary and just nope, love the video
MACHINE 🐐🏆🔥🔥
It's hard to follow when you explore lines but the physical board is not easy to see, and the computer board is not updated.
Sooner or later you guys will nail the right lighting/angles for these sorts of videos (which are brilliant). Christian will get an uneven tan
Nice Format
Fabi on her candidates were also nice
I know it is hard to win the book, but even if I don‘t win, I at least know that Fabi read them. Something, that is inspiring enough.
Whst watch is Christian wearing? It looks so good!
Giveaway: Guess the countries these chess queens represent - ruclips.net/video/XdGwYnKrBus/видео.html
Magnus: Hey! You cannot do that!
Fabi: Wrong
Bang!
That thumbnail is epic. Do you have a link to it somewhere?
The pieces look tasty and tempting 😂😂
White rook on f8, knight on g6 , other knight coming in soon, queen coming in soon.
Opponent is Magnus fucking Carlsen
Fabiano : it’s a *bit* scary but I think I’m alright
That right there is the understatement of the century
I want a poster of The Chess Machine
Good job on the thumbnail!
How can you like this twice
A hailstorm during the first game, followed by a perfect performance? This would be a great setup for a deal-with-the-Devil story.
say whatever you want fuck it. For me Fabiano is and always be the goat
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That set is purdy
Damn fabi is jacked
This was not the best performance in chess history. It was great, so don't get me wrong. But, there were a number of greater tournaments. One was Fischer's 11-0. Another was Zuckertort's 1888 London. There were others as well.
Our future world champion.
Not even Hans and the beads could have beaten Fabi in this tournament
Incredible 🎉❤
Go on Fabi
That was the most powerful performance in human history as I recall. If I'm not mistaken a performance of 3750 across the whole tournament.
Funny enough, unless something has changed since and I'm not updated, the second best performance in human history is actually by Sofia Polgar who is "only" an IM but had a very strong tournament with a 3650 performance.
bro what
@@easymoney1226 What is it that you find challanging to understand?
@@c2c001
Sorry to be harsh but what is difficult to understand is the bullshit you are talking. Fabis Performance is the best of all time, but it is 3103. Its litterally impossible to reach a performance of over 3500, even if you win all games in a 100 round tournament of top 10 players. Sofia had a performance of 2879, which is impressive but not even top 10. Magnus had a Performance of 3002 in China 2009. chessmetrecs gives Karpov in Linares a Rating of 2899 Fisher in the Candidates 1971 was above 3000. There are manny good performances, but 3750 is just stupid
@@egiatchess4589 It's just what I remembered, hence the using of the words "if i'm not mistaken". Either way it depends on the method you're referring to. You can measure it against the relative ratings of other or against a computer. The latter will obviously be adjusted over time.
"Hasta la vista, Magnus." (Fabinator)