C-Squared Podcast

The new C-Squared episode is out: Danya Naroditsky | The Real Story Behind His Titled Tuesday Controversy @GmNaroditsky (00:00) Intro (00:54) SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia Recap (03:44) Magnus performance in GCT (05:48) Gukesh in GCT (09:43) Controversies (12:17) @DGukesh Highlights (14:10) @Kasparov63 On Magnus (18:22) @MagnusCarlsen 's Highlights (23:10) Daniel Naroditsky Kicked Out Of TT (30:49) @chesscom 's New Proctor (50:29) What Happened In Titled Tuesday?

The Peter Leko interview is premiering right now on our YouTube channel, check it out! youtu.be/HtpugyzAy3Y?si…

Kf7 is the best move AND was played by Nepo. Ridiculous #niemannnepo

After a long day of travel to his first tournament as Vincent Keymer's coach, Leko invited him to briefly discuss some chess. What happened next convinced Leko that Vincent is a special talent

@GMHikaru $HPE lagging, that's where the action is tomorrow

"Go buy a $DELL," they said.

@anishgiri Are you an old school type of guy?

@Csquared wanted to play next titled tuesday, now having second thoughts again😂

Peter Leko explains how the young generation benefited from the explosive growth of online chess, at the detriment of the older generation "Online chess has its benefits, you become an incredible fighter...then he (Keymer) suddenly got the chance to play the Magnus Tour... These are incredible opportunities, I saw Praggnanandhaa grow as a player. His opening repertoire, thanks to all these events, became so much better... I remember, as an old school guy, I'm a little bit surprised by this that so many top players are playing on the internet...And then young players can catch the top guys and win games online, and you get the feeling that they are beatable..." Episode drops Friday, May 29th, 11 AM EST youtu.be/HtpugyzAy3Y

Garry Kasparov about Jorden Van Foreest: "How many players beat Magnus recently? And it was a very decent win. The fact that this guy could beat Magnus, that gives an indication. And Magnus won that tournament. He is not here by accident. He is doing well." #grandchesstour #superchessclassicromania

@EndgameaiChess Tag us, don’t be shy 😉

🇺🇸Fabiano Caruana: chess com can do anything to grow at any cost Speaking on his podcast, Fabiano Caruana gave his honest opinion on how chess com used the “anal beads” controversy to grow : “Honestly, I was a bit bothered when Erik said, if I remember correctly, his exact quote was something like: ‘anal beads have been good for our company.’ Something along those lines. I understand that there’s a certain philosophy there, growth at any cost, a pretty typical American approach. I get the logic, but it completely clashes with how I see things. The overall enthusiasm for anything that might increase the company, its valuation, or bring in more users, without really considering how people experience chess, how it looks from the outside, and whether it aligns with the image of the game… especially when you’re already wealthy and the company is already very valuable… But well, I guess it’s just a difference in approaches… let’s agree to disagree.”

There's a war between @TakeTakeTakeApp /@lichess VS @chesscom brewing below the surface. What exactly is the playbook here ? Caruana : "lichess has a very different business model than chesscom, which is much less aimed at trying to make as much money as possible... They cohabited pretty peacefully up until now, so this is a bit of a change. Now it's a bit less peaceful. For me the interesting thing is, from a broadcasting perspective, what will Take Take Take actually broadcast now?"

Full episode ▶️youtu.be/wmTnpTSLB60 We discuss the hot topics of the week, including: - Erdogmus becoming the youngest 2700 ever - Hans Niemann's return to the @GrandChessTour - The @netflix Untold Documentary - @TakeTakeTakeApp waging war against @chesscom

Did Erdogmus pick Topalov specifically to farm him? Fabiano Caruana: "Topalov was a juicy opponent...he was significantly overrated. When you haven't played for a decade, that's simply the reality of it. You can't keep a top level without playing."

Fabiano Caruana on Magnus' suspicion of Hans: "If we're talking about Magnus' Involvement and culpability...it's clear that it came from a place of genuine suspicion. People might have a problem with that, but honestly you can't really control whether you're suspicious or not. You can control if you act on it, and he did act on it...which caused him more trouble than he probably wanted."

@anishgiri Inspiring stuff

I am quite sure that with the current technology I can automate the writing I am doing for my future ChessMonitor opening courses to AI. I am choosing to type out every word myself. You can replace what a human does. You can’t replace the human.

@FabianoCaruana and @CristianChirila five years before starting the @Csquared podcast together...

The chesscom thing disconnected me and gave me a 0 point bye in round 8 of their event where only 2 places qualify and everyone is within half a point of each other :) my internet didn't drop out, I was active in the play zone and as soon as the break timer ended it auto forfeits me. Pretty sure I'm not the only one affected by this bug too. It doesn't even give a time penalty, just instantly forfeits you.

New handle, who dis? @Csquared 👋

@CristianChirila interviews world #1 @MagnusCarlsen and the 2025 US Champions @FabianoCaruana & @carissayipchess at the @STLChessClub during media day before the start of Clutch Chess. @csquared

@carissayipchess This goes hard 👏

3peat.

Do svid-Danya 💔