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May 17, 2024 Maurice Ashley | Improve at Chess, Build a Strong Mindset, Handle Pressure
In this special episode, we talk everything chess with GM Maurice Ashley. Known for his insightful strategies and inspiring commentary, Maurice shares his wisdom on improvement, learning protocols, and the invaluable life lessons he's garnered from the chessboard.
Join us as we dive deep into Maurice's new book, 'Move by Move,' and discover how the principles of chess can be applied to everyday life, enhancing your personal growth and professional development. Whether you're a chess enthusiast or just looking for some motivational insights, this episode is packed with actionable advice and thought-provoking discussions. Don't miss out on the chance to learn from one of the greatest minds in chess!
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00:00 Welcoming Maurice
00:56 Stopping Commentary and Shifting Focus
05:41 Emotions when doing something for the first time
9:50 Move by Move, Maurice's new book
19:20 Building A Strong Mindset
31:26 Handling Pressure
36:00 New Generation's view towards Chess
47:39 Playing Different Variants For Training
56:30 Handling Losses
1:11:27 Converting A Winning Advantage
1:21:07 Most rewarding aspect of writing Move By Move
1 hr 28 min
May 07, 2024 Nepomniachtchi | Candidates Run, Matches VS Ding & Magnus, Cheating
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1 hr 34 min
May 02, 2024 What Happened At The CANDIDATES? Fabiano's Highlights
TEAM CARUANA CANDIDATES '24 LIMITED EDITION: https://c-squared.shop/collection/new-drops/ ▶️PLAY WITH US : https://go.chess.com/csqpod Chat with US▶️DISCORD : https://discord.gg/XeP3tENMTr ▶️TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@csqpod ▶️CLIPS CHANNEL 🎞️: https://www.youtube.com/@csqclips 🐦TWITTER https://twitter.com/CSQpod 📸INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/csqpod/ 🐦TWITTER FABI https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana 📸INSTAGRAM FABI https://www.instagram.com/fabianocaru... 🐦TWITTER CRISTIAN https://twitter.com/CristianChirila 📸INSTAGRAM CRISTIAN https://www.instagram.com/crischirila 00:00 Intro 00:43 Candidates Summary 15:17 Candidates Preparation 32:50 Hikaru 39:20 Abasov 57:28 Alireza 1:23:00 Pragg 1:25:40 Nepo 1:37:00 Gukesh 1:43:05 World Championship Match
1 hr 56 min
March 12, 2024 Team Chess Winners POV, The American Cup Race Begins | C-Squared Podcast #66
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38 min
March 05, 2024 Is The Candidates Tournament In Danger?
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Episode was filmed on March 4th, 2024
00:00 Intro
01:18 Candidates Drama
11:34 Semi finals of Team Chess Battle
29:15 Waiting for Finals
37:39 Limited Edition Merch
39 min
February 24, 2024 Is Freestyle Chess The Future? Team Battle V.S. Anish & Danny Gets HEATED!!
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00:00 Intro
01:14 Fabi got food poisoned
03:20 Fischer Random OR Freestyle Chess
05:26 Tournament Branding
08:38 Fabi on the Tournament's Format
15:05 Freestyle Chess In The Spotlight
17:20 What's Happening to Ding Liren?
20:40 Difference between Normal and FreeStyle Chess
22:05 Fabi VS Gukesh
23:20 Fabi Vs Levon
28:30 Fabi suggested a few ideas for the Tournament
30:14 The Final VS Magnus
37:07 New Chess Tour
47:02 Team Chess Battle
1:00:00 Top Juniors
1:07:40 Young guys are fighting back
1 hr 11 min
February 24, 2024 The Hans Niemann Ban, Late Night Chess Battles, Freestyle Chess Challenge
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The boys react to the St. Louis Chess Club issuing a one year ban for GM Hans Niemann, after the former was accused of vandalizing a hotel room during the 2023 US Championship. Fabi recounts a recent story of a late night chess party, and more!
00:00 Intro
00:30 Fabi Gets A Haircut
08:45 Secret Event In Germany
13:39 Freestyle Chess
17:00 The GOAT Debate is Back
18:35 The Tournament
23:44 Hans VS STL Chess Club Drama
44:14 Open Chess Tournaments
51:51 India No.1
52:15 Hans YouTube Journey
56 min
February 02, 2024 It's Over | Tata Steel Winners & Losers, New Generation Has Arrived
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00:00 Intro
00:26 Freestyle Chess
03:34 Tata Steel Chess
10:50 Crazy Round 12
18:30 Who's India's #1
20:50 Close Rating Range at the Top
21:37 Wei Yi is Back
24:24 What's Happening With Ding?
26:10 Why Chinese players Retire Early
28:22 Tata Steel Chess Tiebreaks
33:50 Old Memories
35:10 New Generation of Chess Players
41:00 Cheating Discussion for the one last time
47 min
January 27, 2024 Is Chess Dead?? Our Honest Reaction To Hikaru...
The boys react to @Hikaru's reaction to Fabi's cheating analysis during his latest interview with Greg Mustreader . GET MERCH AND SHOW YOUR LOVE 👕 https://c-squared.shop/
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45 min
January 26, 2024 Fabiano Begins Training For Candidates , Tata Steel, Cheating Remains A Problem
The boys are back with their first podcast of 2024! We discuss the first Candidates training camp, Tata Steel, recent cheating development, and much more! If you want to support the channel, the easiest way is to subscribe and turn on the post notifications. The second best is to tell everybody you know where the best discussions in chess happen!
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00:00 Intro
00:55 Happy new year
02:02 Rapid and Blitz
04:31 Chess drama - double forfeit
06:13 Chess drama - clock malfunction
12:44 Candidates Preparation
19:20 2016 Candidates Training Camp
21:41 2018 Candidates Training Camp
25:43 Handling a team of seconds
29:49 Hans-Fabi-Hikaru drama
34:54 Training Protocols in Chess VS Other Sports
38:24 Money in chess after winning
43:22 Tata steel masters - Ju Wenjun
46:17 Max Warmerdam
47:49 Young players
51:42 Ding Liren performance
57:26 Marc Andria
59:37 Divya Deshmukh
1:02:23 Hans Moke
1:03:53 Cheating in chess
1 hr 21 min

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The C-Squared Podcast is an in depth weekly discussion about the chess world with your hosts, Grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Cristian Chirila. Bringing the biggest news and chess stars to your…