Two Knights Talk: Dress code, World Chess Championships and Magnus Carlsen again and again

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12/30/2024 – In the latest episode of their "Two Knights Talk" show, Arne Kähler and Johannes Fischer talk about the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York, dress codes, harsh decisions, diplomacy and how Magnus Carlsen and his jeans dominate the coverage of these events. Arne Kähler also presents a position from chess history that was at the beginning of an unfortunate trend.

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Two Knights Talk

Time stamps

0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Guess the position
2:19 - WCC Rapid and jeans scandal summary
7:40 - How many World Championships are there in chess?
8:56 - What is your opinion about a dress code in general?
12:09 - Carlsen wasn't the only one ...
14:27 - The "McDonalds" story
18:00 - What does the arbiter have to do in a situation like this?
20:47 - Carlsen will play in jeans at the Blitz event!?
22:14 - What happened to Carlsen's reputation?
24:34 - Do Nakamura and Carlsen have the "Elon Musk Syndrome"?
25:41 - Carlsen is almost a billionaire? Apologies - That was sadly some wrong research! 27:14 - Is what is happening terrible for the chess world?
27:32 - Magnus speaks his mind
30:56 - It would be great to do something significant for others, rather than not caring
33:27 - Who actually won the Rapid WCC?
36:12 - Solution of the chess position, and background stories

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