# Magnus Carlsen is Unmatched, Anal Bead Cheating, & Which Ethnicity is Best at Chess

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Published: 2026-06-24T15:17:00+00:00
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Yerrr good morning y'all - we have the absolute NYC Legend in the building Levy Rozman aka GothamChess. We're talking: - Flagrant ghosting Levy - The Hans Niemann cheating scandal - Best street game in New York - Different style from different cultures - The greats: Mikhail Tal, Alexander Alekhine & Bobby Fischer And we play a few games - PEACE! Timestamps: 0:00 Levy got ghosted by us :( 1:38 Sharing embarrassing stories 5:29 Obsessed with chess + Learning process 7:44 Teaching kids 9:24 Hans Niemann v Magnus Carlsen + Heel 16:53 Most viewed Chess match + ELO grind 22:13 Why is chess so special? Kasparov v Karpov 29:19 Magnus Carlsen = Big 1 + the Yips 34:53 Industry people, Resentment + Not monetizing properly 40:22 Becoming a GM 41:59 Chess origins 45:50 Getting recognized, Collabs + Little secret 49:05 Best NYC street game + Scrappy chess 52:03 Different cultural styles 56:37 Men v Women + More combative 1:01:24 Child prodigies + Spectrum 1:05:20 Weird, weird players 1:07:22 Mikhail Tal + Alexander Alekhine 1:10:17 Bobby Fischer 1:13:32 FIDE needs to improve 1:15:54 Cheating scandals 1:19:40 We are young inside 1:25:35 Chess.com dealing with cheaters + Collusion 1:31:22 Patriotism, Ukraine & China 1:35:53 Loss leader, No barrier + Commercial partnerships 1:45:33 Olympiad + Figuring out broadcast 1:53:38 Rozman v Schulz 1:57:22 Rozman v Rensch 2:01:46 Rozman v Rensch 2 2:05:25 Rozman v Rensch 3 2:11:22 Rozman Blindfold game v Schulz This episode is sponsored by Kalshi. This episode is sponsored by Sesh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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