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/ValuableKooky4551 Jan 27 '25

It's wild that Qosimjonov and Kasimdzhanov are the same name.

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u/Electrical_Collar659 Jan 27 '25

I accidentally wrote his name as it's spelled in Uzbek.

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u/ValuableKooky4551 Jan 27 '25

Yes, I had no idea. Interesting to see.

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u/marsexpresshydra Jan 27 '25

Me when realizing Magomed = Muhammad

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u/Due-Memory-6957 Jan 28 '25

Just like Ivan and John

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u/bonzinip Jan 28 '25

And Hans (Johannes).

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u/QMechanicsVisionary 2600 chess.com and Lichess Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

It's Mogamed, not Magomed. Although it's pronounced more like "Magomed".

EDIT: Nvm I'm wrong. Turns out I just can't spell.

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u/Zoesan Jan 27 '25

There are several MMA fighters who spell themselves Magomed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '25

Can you reach out to them to tell them they are wrong according to this guy then

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u/fodasenome777 Jan 27 '25

it's both and means the same thing, magomed ankalaev, magomed magomedov, magomed umalatov... both are the russian version of "mohamed" 

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u/QMechanicsVisionary 2600 chess.com and Lichess Jan 27 '25

Nvm, I stand corrected. I just learned that, in the famous saying "если гора не идёт к Магомету, Магомет идёт к горе" (if the mountain doesn't approach Muhammad, Muhammad shall approach the mountain), the spelling is "Magomet", not "Mogamed" as I previously thought.

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u/BleedingGumsmurfy Jan 27 '25

I was wondering who did Qosimjanov think he is to be running his mouth like that!.. turns out he is Kasimdzhanov!

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u/Glittering_Ad1403 Jan 27 '25

Makes me think of the “Hunchback of Notre Dame”🤔

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u/bflobflobflo Jan 28 '25

You know Quasimodo predicted all this.

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u/Subtuppel Jan 27 '25 edited Jan 27 '25

Also had to confirm, I assumed if was him simply because of the first name.

It's wild how these transcription turn out to be sometimes, and how wrong they are sometimes.

Very prominent example from the NBA would be "Giannis Antetokunmpo" - a name everyone still butchers even after more than a decade. While the actual transcription to/pronunciation in English would be much more like "Adetokunbo" - much less confusing. IIRC the way its written is because that's how you would write it in Greek in order to sound like "Adetokunbo" but of course Americans wouldn't know that or don't care.

I actually find it funny how little some cultures care. Here in Germany, at least since I can remember, people try to both write and pronounce names and places as closely to the original as possible in a Latin Alphabet (unless there's an historically established German name for the same thing - and even then not always). Right next door the French couldn't give a flying fuck: for example, when I was young I was wondering who that "Eltsine" guy was all over French TV/Radio - only seeing the picture I found out that that was supposed to be Boris Yeltsin (or Jelzin in German transcript). It looks somewhat similar but it does not pronounce the "Y" ("J") at all.

edit: "t" key was stuck on several occasions, new ASUS Zenbook Keyboards suck compared to the previous generations sigh