A new podcast episode with Fabiano Caruana as my guest! In this episode, Fabi talks about his motivation, story of his decline and then ascent back to the top, the cheating scandal, Magnus, Hikaru, the Candidates, his training schedule, and much more. Also, we play blitz with time odds. Enjoy!

My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gregmustreader

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader

Fabiano’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/FabianoCaruana

Episode with Nepo: https://youtu.be/sW-i4CPCa_w?si=PRZaShC57wtet3_m

CSquared podcast: https://youtube.com/@csqpod

DOP: timmmy_photos

00:00 — Intro

00:41 — About the episode

2:30 — Fabi dropped chess in 2020

8:00 — Problems with motivation

10:28 — How to stay in good shape

11:38 — Staying calm despite external drama

14:59 — Chess and working out

17:32 — Chess training schedule

23:30 — Training now

27:56 — Calculation vs tactics

31:31 — Comparing with Magnus, Nepo, Hikaru, Ding, Wesley

38:50 — How Fabi rates himself

41:45 — If Fabi wins the Candidates

43:21 — Kramnik’s ban

52:35 — We play blitz

My name is Greg Mustreader, I am a Candidate Master in chess, an entrepreneur and host of several podcasts.

In this podcast, I interview top chess players (my guests include Nepo, Fabi, Aronian, Dubov and many others - the unreleased podcasts will be published in January-February), play against chess AIs, analyze the most interesting chess games and combinations of today and of the past, as well as show you my path in chess and the way I work on my chess improvement (including recaps from the tournaments I play).

I live in Almaty, Kazakhstan and travel the world extensively (been to 50 countries). I'm 30 years old, I have a girlfriend, a dog and two cats. I speak English, Russian, German, and a bit of French and Chinese.

Don't forget to subscribe!