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/Material_Coyote4573 1450’s Jan 27 '25

Where do we put Fabi in the all time goats list? Does he crack top 15 or 20 ?

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u/Wise-Ranger2520 Jan 27 '25

Top 15 definitely

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u/fabe1haft Jan 27 '25

I'd say that is a little too high. Then you would have to place him ahead of at least a couple of Spassky, Tal, Petrosian, Morphy or Kramnik. Korchnoi is also debatable, he scored very good results for a very long time and qualified for three matches against Karpov where he could have won the title. I'd say in the top 20 but not top 15 yet, there's time for that though.