Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #315

I've seen this Magnus fellow somewhere. Can't put my finger on it

"Currently my rating is 2861, which is decent" - Magnus 😂

Amazing interview with the best!

See the timestamps below. Quick note from Lex: The camera on Magnus died 20 minutes in. Most folks still just listen to audio-only version, but here on YouTube, we did our best to still make it interesting to watch & listen by adding image overlays. I mess things up sometimes, like in this case, and it hits me hard when I do. But I'm always working hard to improve. I hope you understand. Thank you for your patience and support along the way. I love you all. 0:00 - Introduction 0:51 - Greatest soccer player of all time 7:57 - Magnus's approach to chess 17:10 - Game 6 of the 2021 World Chess Championship 21:12 - Chess openings 33:35 - Chess960: Fischer random chess 38:37 - Chess variants 41:22 - Elo Rating 49:48 - World Chess Championship 1:14:00 - Losing 1:21:22 - Day in the life 1:28:12 - Drunk chess 1:32:43 - Chess training 1:40:37 - Garry Kasparov 1:49:54 - Greatest chess player of all time 2:03:06 - Advice for chess players 2:04:49 - Chess YouTubers 2:08:20 - Henrik Carlsen 2:13:55 - Lessons for life 2:17:19 - Queen's Gambit 2:19:10 - Poker 2:25:24 - Loneliness 2:28:45 - How does the knight move? SPONSORS: - Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get 14-day free trial - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil - Fundrise: https://fundrise.com/lex - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off

I almost can't believe the amount of interesting people you've had on your podcast recently. You're the man Lex. Love your work.

Lex. Please invite Magnus again. Such an inspiration to me. Not just in chess

1:59:58 “What is beautiful to me Is when your opponent can predict every single one of your moves, and they still lose” - Magnus Carlsen Fascinating mind, fascinating personality! Great, great work, dear Lex Friman. Excellent interview.

I’ve genuinely been waiting for Lex to interview Magnus for years. This was a real treat to see.

While I was watching a video , I got an ad about a podcast and how if you 'paid for it' , you would get so many life changing lessons . That's when I realized the magnitude of the great work that Lex is doing, because he puts out the kind of content for which I would happily pay 10 times the amount charged by others, completely free on youtube. And in yesterday 's episode when the topic about Magnus was brought up, I secretly wished how amazing it would be if Magnus was invited to the podcast, and lo and behold there he is ! Simply amazing!

You have a remarkable way of bringing out the authentic side of your guests Lex. Thank you for doing these, I get so much enjoyment out of these conversations.