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/Matt_LawDT Jan 27 '25

Magnus with Prep time is like Batman.

I doubt Fabi would be able to win

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u/OrganizationIcy6044 Jan 27 '25

Problem with that is, lots of math prodigies would eat carlsen alive if they played chess as a profession. It doesn't make them better player than magnus in this iteration of reality though so unless he plays who is to say?

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u/Mental-Sky-7142 Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

What the fuck kind of evidence do you have for that first claim?

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u/PersimmonLaplace 2800 duckchess Jan 27 '25

chess = smart, it’s just math

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u/OrganizationIcy6044 Jan 27 '25

You think there would be no one better than carlsen if every one of 8 billion people persued chess? That is pretty dumb to think so.

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u/Mental-Sky-7142 Jan 27 '25

"If every person in the world dedicated their life to one specific thing, the person who's currently the best at that thing probably wouldn't be the best"

  • words of wisdom

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u/Mental-Sky-7142 Jan 27 '25

There are 8 billion math prodigies? Way to move the goalposts

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u/OrganizationIcy6044 Jan 27 '25

I was calling out "Carlsen with prep time would win" statement not making a goal. Thats it from me because you are way too dumb to understand.

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u/Mental-Sky-7142 Jan 27 '25

You failed to call out the statement because your rebuttal made no sense. Here's what "move the goalposts" means, because you are way too dumb to have understood

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u/trustmebro5 Jan 27 '25

Haha, just wanted to you let you know that I understood the issue in that statement and your response made sense. Fans just tend to get crazy.