#315 – Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(08:34) – Greatest soccer player of all time<br />
(15:40) – Magnus’s approach to chess<br />
(24:53) – Game 6 of the 2021 World Chess Championship<br />
(28:54) – Chess openings<br />
(46:19) – Chess variants<br />
(49:04) – Elo Rating<br />
(57:31) – World Chess Championship<br />
(1:21:42) – Losing<br />
(1:29:04) – Day in the life<br />
(1:35:55) – Drunk chess<br />
(1:40:26) – Chess training<br />
(1:48:20) – Garry Kasparov<br />
(1:57:37) – Greatest chess player of all time<br />
(2:10:48) – Advice for chess players<br />
(2:12:32) – Chess YouTubers<br />
(2:16:03) – Henrik Carlsen<br />
(2:21:38) – Lessons for life<br />
(2:25:02) – Queen’s Gambit<br />
(2:26:53) – Poker<br />
(2:33:06) – Loneliness<br />
(2:36:28) – How does the knight move?</p>