Gukesh And The Blunder That Shocked The Chess World, The Biggest Chess Prodigy Is Here

We're back after a two-month break, recording during Tata Steel Chess 2026 in Wijk aan Zee, where Fabi isn't playing this year. Fabi recaps the end of 2025: Levon Aronian winning the Freestyle tour, his team's Global Chess League title and his medal at the World Rapid & Blitz. Then we get into whether Wijk is the Wimbledon of chess, 14-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and the best teenagers in history, the blunder Gukesh and Erdogmus both missed, and how Fabi is preparing for the 2026 Candidates.

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00:00 Intro 00:42 Comeback 03:30 Grand Slam & Wimbeldon of Chess 04:44 Wijk aan zee History 07:50 Chess has become a young sport 16:00 Strongest 15 years old 26:55 Chess Engine Power 33:44 Candidates performance in Tata Steel 37:24 Who win Tata Steel? 45:25 Gukesh Blundered 52:45 Fabi reveals his Candidates Prep 56:49 Freestyle World Championship #chess #fabianocaruana #tatasteelchess

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