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Magnus Carlsen said chess positions with seven or fewer pieces are solved, so an online tablebase can show whether they are a win or a draw.
“chess with seven or less pieces on the board is solved, so you can, like people who are watching online, they can just check it”
Magnus Carlsen said Garry Kasparov gained big opening advantages as White because he was creative in finding ideas and looked where others did not.
“he was more creative in finding ideas, he was able to look places others didn't.”
Magnus Carlsen said Garry Kasparov used some of the first computer engines in his opening preparation and was better at using them than most others.
“at the start, he had, um, some of the 1st computer engines, uh to, uh to work, um, for him.”
Magnus Carlsen said neural-network chess engines had only just emerged at the start of 2019, and some top players were not using them well.
“at the start of 2019, neural networks had just started to be a thing in in in chess.”
Magnus Carlsen described Fischer random chess, or Chess960, as keeping the pawns in place while the major pieces are randomly arranged on the back rank.
“the pawns are in the same way and the major pieces are, uh, distributed randomly on the on the last rank.”
Magnus Carlsen said no-castling chess has been promoted by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik.
“Castling chess has been, uh ha, has been promoted by former W world champion Vladimir Kramnik.”
Magnus Carlsen explained that under Elo ratings a player facing an opponent rated 200 points lower is expected to score 75 percent.
“If your opponent is 200 points lower rated, you're expected to score 75 and and and so on.”
Magnus Carlsen said his FIDE rating at the time of the conversation was 2,861.
“my rating is obviously carried through thousands of of games. Um, right now my rating is 2,861, which is decent.”
Magnus Carlsen said the only world championship after his first that he really enjoyed was the 2018 match against Fabiano Caruana.
“the only world championship after that that I really enjoyed was the one in 2018 against the American Fabiano Caruana.”
Magnus Carlsen said all the classical games of his 2018 world championship match against Fabiano Caruana ended in draws.
“And eventually they they were all, they were all drawn.”
Magnus Carlsen said FIDE suggested a world championship format of two games a day with 45 minutes plus 15 or 30 seconds per move.
“you have two games per day and let's say you have 45 minutes, uh, a game, plus 15 or or 30 seconds per move.”
Magnus Carlsen said Alireza Firouzja rose dramatically to second in the world rankings and qualified for the Candidates tournament.
“He had a dramatic rise, he rose to 2nd in the world rankings.”
Magnus Carlsen said he declined to play the Candidates tournament in 2011 because he disliked the format, then won the world championship in 2013.
“I won the championship in 2013, I said no to the candidates in 2011, I didn't particularly like the format”
Magnus Carlsen said the newly re-elected president of the World Chess Federation is Russian and connected to the Kremlin.
“The president of the World Chess Federation, who was just re elected, is is is a Russian.”
Magnus Carlsen said he has been the world's top-rated player since about the summer of 2011 and is prouder of that than of his world championships.
“I'm a lot more proud of my streak of being rated number one in the world, which is now since, I think, the summer of 2011.”
Magnus Carlsen said he was most nervous during game ten of the 2018 World Championship, where he sacrificed on the queenside to attack the king.
“I think the most nervous I ever been was game ten of, uh, the World Championship in 2018.”
Magnus Carlsen said that at the 2012 World Blitz Championship, after a few drinks while suffering food poisoning, he won his last eight games and finished second.
“I won my remaining eight games and if there had been one more round, I probably would've won the whole thing.”
Magnus Carlsen said Garry Kasparov's first homework for him was to analyze several of his worst losses, and he disliked the structured approach.
“the 1st like homework exercise he gave me was to analyze, like he picked out, I think, three, four of my worst losses”
Magnus Carlsen said he became the second-youngest chess grandmaster ever, and would now rank about seventh youngest.
“I was the 2nd youngest ever. I think I'm like the 7th youngest now.”
Magnus Carlsen said Bobby Fischer had a peak from 1970 to 1972 in which he won 20 games in a row and was far ahead of the others.
“he had a peak from 1970 to 72, when he was so much better than the others, he won 20 games in a row.”
Magnus Carlsen said he was unbeaten in five world championship matches and had been world number one for eleven years straight.
“I'm, of course, unbeaten as as a world champion in in five tries. I've been world number one for eleven years straight”
Magnus Carlsen said his most satisfying tournament victory was the Norwegian under-eleven championship in 2000.
“most satisfying tournament victory of my career. Um, so that was the Norwegian Championship under eleven in 2000.”
Magnus Carlsen said he played his first chess tournament at age eight and a half, later than many of his competitors.
“I played my 1st tournament when I was eight and a half”
Magnus Carlsen said the Evans Gambit is an opening from the 1800s that was invented by Captain Evans.
“that's an old opening from the 1800s. Uh, Captain Evans, uh, apparently in invented it.”