Magnus Carlsen is Unmatched, Anal Bead Cheating, & Which Ethnicity is Best at Chess

About this episode

The episode features Levy Rozman discussing various aspects of chess, including cheating scandals and cultural influences in the game.

Yerrr good morning y'all - we have the absolute NYC Legend in the building Levy Rozman aka GothamChess. We're talking: - Flagrant ghosting Levy - The Hans Niemann cheating scandal - Best street game in New York - Different style from different cultures - The greats: Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine & Bobby Fischer And we play a few games - PEACE! Timestamps: 0:00 Levy got ghosted by us :( 1:38 Sharing embarrassing stories 5:29 Obsessed with chess + Learning process 7:44 Teaching kids 9:24 Hans Niemann v Magnus Carlsen + Heel 16:53 Most viewed Chess match + ELO grind 22:13 Why is chess so special? Kasparov v Karpov 29:19 Magnus Carlsen = Big 1 + the Yips 34:53 Industry people, Resentment + Not monetizing properly 40:22 Becoming a GM 41:59 Chess origins 45:50 Getting recognized, Collabs + Little secret 49:05 Best NYC street game + Scrappy chess 52:03 Different cultural styles 56:37 Men v Women + More combative 1:01:24 Child prodigies + Spectrum 1:05:20 Weird, weird players 1:07:22 Mikhail Tal + Alexander Alekhine 1:10:17 Bobby Fischer 1:13:32 FIDE needs to improve 1:15:54 Cheating scandals 1:19:40 We are young inside 1:25:35 Chess.com dealing with cheaters + Collusion 1:31:22…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Schulz, Akaash Singh

Guest: Levy Rozman

Topics covered

• chess
• cheating scandals
• cultural styles in chess
• famous chess players
• NYC street games
• chess education

Keywords

• chess
• cheating
• Magnus Carlsen
• Levy Rozman
• Hans Niemann
• Mikhail Tal
• Bobby Fischer
• NYC chess
• cultural styles

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chess.com

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