The C-Squared Podcast is an in depth weekly discussion about the chess world with your hosts, Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Cristian Chirila. Bringing the biggest news and chess stars to your doorstep!
MVL | Major Olympiad Cheating Scandal, Motivation, Alireza's Impact
The boys caught up with the great Maxime Vachier-Lagrave while in Toronto, and took a deep dive look into his major episodes of his life and chess career, the infamous Feller cheating scandal, his motivation going into 2024, and much more! 👕 GET YOUR MERCH : https://c-squared.shop/
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00:00 intro
01:06 CCT Tournament
02:15 Format of CCT
10:40 Wesley So
12:16 Armageddon
15:23 MVL talks about his fast play
16:06 Famous game against Ian
18:06 MVL dominant score
13:10 2021 World Champion
25:05 Will classical game survive in future?
28:46 how did life change after becoming a champion?
30:06 Having a good poker face
31:20 Hikaru has the worst poker face
32:36 Magnus curses in Norwegian
33:53 Wesley and Leinier fight club moment
34:31 Chess players nerves
39:06 how to bounce back
40:53 COVID
43:35 Speed Chess Championship
45:03 The SCC BEAST
45:29 Online Speed Chess vs OTB Speed Chess
46:27 When did you start playing chess?
48:51 Playing bullet with touchpad
49:38 French team
51:19 Olympiad 2022 India
53:38 Alireza
54:32 how important is the captain?
57:51 Marc'Andria Maurizzi
58:48 FRA Chess Team
1:00:17 How is your motivation level?
1:05:32
1:13:53 choice of opening
1:17:27 Decreasing attention span in chess
1:19:06 College
1:24:45 Major Olympiad cheating case
1:31:06 Spectators in chess
1:35:05 Cheating in online chess