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The boys caught up with the great Maxime Vachier-Lagrave while in Toronto, and took a deep dive look into his major episodes of his life and chess career, the infamous Feller cheating scandal, his motivation going into 2024, and much more! 👕 GET YOUR MERCH : https://c-squared.shop/
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00:00 intro
01:06 CCT Tournament
02:15 Format of CCT
10:40 Wesley So
12:16 Armageddon
15:23 MVL talks about his fast play
16:06 Famous game against Ian
18:06 MVL dominant score
13:10 2021 World Champion
25:05 Will classical game survive in future?
28:46 how did life change after becoming a champion?
30:06 Having a good poker face
31:20 Hikaru has the worst poker face
32:36 Magnus curses in Norwegian
33:53 Wesley and Leinier fight club moment
34:31 Chess players nerves
39:06 how to bounce back
40:53 COVID
43:35 Speed Chess Championship
45:03 The SCC BEAST
45:29 Online Speed Chess vs OTB Speed Chess
46:27 When did you start playing chess?
48:51 Playing bullet with touchpad
49:38 French team
51:19 Olympiad 2022 India
53:38 Alireza
54:32 how important is the captain?
57:51 Marc'Andria Maurizzi
58:48 FRA Chess Team
1:00:17 How is your motivation level?
1:05:32
1:13:53 choice of opening
1:17:27 Decreasing attention span in chess
1:19:06 College
1:24:45 Major Olympiad cheating case
1:31:06 Spectators in chess
1:35:05 Cheating in online chess
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