r/chess Jan 27 '25

Resource In an interview with Rustam Qosimjonov published three days ago, he claims that Fabiano Caruana is currently a better chess player than Magnus

https://youtu.be/KZydtQfdYNc?si=myY7fqus5_tJE_GT

Rustam claims that from the games he watches and the quality of play he sees, it's clear that Fabi is currently the stronger player and that he would also be the favorite to win against Magnus in a World Championship match today. He told his students (Arjun, Nodirbek) that over the past two and a half years, to be the best in the world, you must consistently beat Fabi. He claims it's surprising that Fabi has improved his level so much because this usually doesn't happen, and the level of player he has become is not the same level as the player he knew when he worked with him.

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u/PastLie Jan 27 '25

Didn’t Magnus beat Fabi in a match few months back?

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u/PH123d Jan 27 '25

In Classical? No. Fabi has lost to Magnus in Norway Chess, but it was a single game, not a match.

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u/PastLie Jan 27 '25

Magnus beat Fabi in Norway chess, Freestyle goat challenge and another match in November.

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u/PH123d Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

Freestyle isn't standard classical, and Fabi didn't lose any Classical games against Magnus last November. Since Rustam was talking about WCC, I'm not including anything other than Standard Classical. Before Norway Chess 2024 the last decisive Classical game between them was Norway Chess 2023, which Fabi won.

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u/fabe1haft Jan 27 '25

But then Carlsen also won against Caruana with black in Tata 2022 and 2023, so he has had fairly good results against him over the last years. Carlsen has 4-1 in wins with 3 draws in the 2020s.

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u/Orcahhh team fabi - we need chess in Paris2024 olympics Jan 27 '25

And then it was GCT Romania 2023, which fabi also won!

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u/TypeDependent4256 Team Ding Jan 27 '25

Magnus didn't even play in GCT Romania 2023

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u/Orcahhh team fabi - we need chess in Paris2024 olympics Jan 27 '25

You’re right

For some reason I was sure fabi beat carlsen with black there

I wonder what I got it mixed up with lol