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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- February 20, 2025
- Duration
- 2h 17m
- Channel
- The Joe Rogan Experience
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Magnus Carlsen is a chess grandmaster. He is a five-time World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and a reigning World Blitz Chess Champion. http://www.magnuscarlsen.com This episode is brought to you by Netflix. Zero Day is now playing, only on Netflix.
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Narrator and Narrator, Joe Rogan Experience #2275 - Magnus Carlsen explores Magnus Carlsen on cheating, obsession, and surviving chess in AI era Magnus Carlsen discusses his early introduction to chess, how sibling rivalry and genuine obsession (rather than rigid discipline) drove him to become world champion, and why he still genuinely loves the game. He and Joe Rogan dive into the high-profile chess cheating scandal, the plausibility of different cheating methods, and how engines and AI have fundamentally changed both preparation and paranoia at the top level. Carlsen explains how modern players train with powerful engines and neural networks, how that has reshaped opening theory and playing style, and why formats like Chess960/freestyle are becoming more attractive. They also explore mindset, flow states, aging in chess, physical and cognitive optimization, and Magnus’s surprisingly relaxed, “lazy but obsessed” approach compared with other elite professionals.
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