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Gukesh vs Magnus in the final round

When in India, I did end this podcast early due to the bad air quality. @nikhilkamathcio was a gracious host and we were having a great time. The problem was that the room we were in circulated outside air which made the air purifier I'd brought with me ineffective. Inside, the AQI was 130 and PM2.5 was 75 µg/m³, which is equal to smoking 3.4 cigarettes for 24 hours of exposure. This was my third day in India and the air pollution had made my skin break out in rash and my eyes and throat burn. Air pollution has been so normalized in India that no one even notices anymore despite the science of its negative effects being well known. People would be outside running. Babies and small children exposed from birth. No one wore a mask which can significantly decrease exposure. It was so confusing. The evidence shows that India would improve the health of its population more by cleaning up air quality than by curing all cancers. I am unsure why India's leaders do not make air quality a national emergency. I don't know what interests, money and power keep things the way they are but it's really bad for the entire country. When I returned to the U.S., my eyes were fresh to see what is normalized to me. I saw obesity everywhere. 42.4% of American are obese and because I was around it all the time, I had been mostly oblivious to it. In many contexts, obesity is worse than air pollution in the long term. Why wouldn't American leaders declare a national emergency on obesity? What interests, money and power keep things the way they are but are really bad for the entire country.

It's late in Chennai.. co-champions maybe?

Congratulations @rpraggnachess on winning the @tatasteelchess 2025! Good beginning for the year!

Praggnanandhaa - The Chosen One

Triple Take, Freestyle, Norway Chess, chesscom collective and the overall Magnus cartel want to farm engagements using Gukesh's name but can't use the term "World Champion" because it will hurt the ego of their ringleader.

@VarmaWarrior @RedPillMediaX Identity is not created by the ingroup, it's very often created by the outgroup. If majority outgroup thinks he is ethnic Indian. Then doesn't matter what the ingroup thinks. But legally he is a Hindu American.

@RedPillMediaX Kash is not an Indian. Kash is a Hindu from Uganda. His parents are from Uganda You are confused between Religion & Nation and also directions 😝

Modern conservatism is a jew on the left and an indian on the right telling White Americans how to run/govern society.

Gukesh’s Dad’s Message to All Chess Parents | Golden Chess Parenting Tips youtu.be/8UhhwoSHQmo?si… via @YouTube

Surya Ganguly - A philosophical chess interview youtu.be/p0PQmDTtMsI?si… via @YouTube

@Cesc_who @MauriceAshley @DGukesh @tatasteelchess It's always the same. Everybody said the same thing about Fisher, then Kasparov now Magnus. I am putting my money on Gukesh. Let's see!! Though I feel the same that whatever he achieved at the age of 18 is enough to be called a real World Champion.

@Orochimp12 @MauriceAshley @DGukesh @tatasteelchess Magnus is literally the goat. Just give the young man his flowers. He is a real deal and he deserved the world champion regardless of whether he beats Magnus or not

I was shocked by all the comments I heard doubting @DGukesh asking if he was the real deal after winning the world championship title. Well, now that he is killing it at @tatasteelchess and knocking at the door of 2800, I am here to inform the haters: he is the real deal!

Nodirbek Yakubboev apologizes to Vaishali and speaks about why he did no... youtu.be/CBD-fPI3hmo?si… via @YouTube

@flying_nitin @geoObserver71 @MauriceAshley @DGukesh @tatasteelchess I guess now 2880+ is not even possible due to deflation in elo.

@geoObserver71 @MauriceAshley @Orochimp12 @DGukesh @tatasteelchess He doesn't have to beat Magnus face to face already. He needs to touch him in the ratings first. Remember Magnus peak rating was 2880+ and his level is still around 2850. The day Gukesh crosses 2820-2830, the chess world buzz will be very very different from today.

@MauriceAshley @DGukesh @tatasteelchess Don't know why magnus is doing it. We all want to see a classical clash not some weird 960. A real world championship. The sooner he realizes it, the better.

@MauriceAshley @DGukesh @tatasteelchess I guess within a year or two we will get our answers if magnus continues. I only look forward to make magnus angry so that we get to see a world championship class between the two. Know it's not gonna happen still somewhere in my heart I feel oneday we would get to see it.

I couldn't agree more with the @chessclubICC that this is the hardest working couple in chess. I've been fortunate to be around these two and watch them work. Thank you @sagarchess1 and @AmrutaMokal for your excellent chess coverage. @ChessbaseIndia

Hari is the OG.

@rohitrajj @MauriceAshley @DGukesh @tatasteelchess True. Still Norway chess is coming . Let's see what happens there.

@stats_feed Chess player- Ex world Rapid Champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov

🇺🇿 Do you know Uzbekistan?