Fabi's Honest Take on Gukesh, Cheating & His Candidates Camp

About this episode

Fabi discusses Gukesh's cheating comments, his Candidates camp, and the clash between the E-Sports World Cup and the Grand Chess Tour.

Fabi gets real about Gukesh's controversial cheating comments, reveals how his Candidates camp is shaping up, and we dive into the E-Sports World Cup threatening to clash with the Grand Chess Tour. Plus: Why are Super GMs suddenly playing in open tournaments? And our full Prague Masters preview. 📌 The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament starts March 29 in Cyprus. Fabi plays White against Hikaru Nakamura in Round 1, an All American Clash! 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes as we count down to the Candidates! ♟️Play With Us: https://www.chess.com/join/csqpod?ref_id=207174611 Episode sponsored by our friends at https://www.chessreps.com/ 👕MERCH: https://c-squared.shop/ 🌐 Website: https://c2pod.com/ ☕Buy Us A Coffee : buymeacoffee.com/c2pod 🐦Twitter/X : https://x.com/CSQpod 📸Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 💬Discord : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr

People in this episode

Hosts: Fabi, Fabiano Caruana

Topics covered

• cheating in chess
• Candidates Tournament
• E-Sports
• open tournaments
• chess previews

Keywords

• Gukesh
• cheating
• Candidates Tournament
• E-Sports World Cup
• Grand Chess Tour
• Hikaru Nakamura
• Prague Masters

Sponsors

chessreps.com

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grand Chess Tour, E-Sports World Cup, chess.com

Places: Cyprus

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