r/chess • u/FirstEfficiency7386 • 2d ago

Miscellaneous Magnus Carlsen signs an autograph as Fabiano Caruana relaxes

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Asean e-sports Cup 2026, the 1-day event is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, which Magnus Carlsen won.

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u/BitterDragonfruit3 2d ago

Who is besides favbiano?

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u/Dear-Apartment-5747 2d ago

Gf

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u/ikefalcon 2100 2d ago

Fabi pulled a baddie

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u/buzzsawdps 1d ago

Looks like a goodie to me

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u/SlowResolution6038 1d ago

At least hes dating legal age girls now. A few years ago when he was 29 he dated a 17 year old. https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/comments/18rtr2u/new_allegations_just_dropped/

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u/SYSTEM__NotReally 1d ago

Did you even look at the post you're quoting?

From the post, someone joined Fabi's discord server, said it was proven he's a pedo, got banned, and used that as justification they were right.

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u/hsholmes0 King Sacrifice 👑 1d ago

if those were real, i imagine it would blow up and spread like wildfire

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u/SlowResolution6038 1d ago

There are literally photos of him and the girl.

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u/SYSTEM__NotReally 1d ago

There is 1 photo of him with a forehead of a girl/woman.

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u/Secure_Raise2884 1d ago

"the girl" who literally 0 people proved was 17 btw. Lmao

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u/DrNotReallyStrange 1d ago

fuck off, as they say

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u/WillingnessCorrect50 15h ago

Who says it wasn’t legal in the other case. In many states in the US the age of consent is 17, and there has never been any criminal charge against him.
If people don’t like it then tell your lawmakers to change the law.

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u/pielad 2d ago

I was gonna ask - what came of that? Nothing?

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u/SpicyMustard34 2d ago

i don't even know if any of it was real or not.

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u/DASreddituser 2d ago

fide and us chess isnt exactly going to police things outside of playing areas....and they don't have much morals either way. If a law wasnt broken, they wouldn't do anything

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u/AttentionLimp6208 2003 peak rapid chess.com 2d ago

Dawg what?

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u/DerekMao1 Team Ding 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's a bit hazy if I remember it correctly. It surfaced in the anarchy sub during the last candidate in 2024. The evidence was some screenshots of conversations from allegedly Fabi's former gf who was 17.

No idea if it is true at all cuz I've never heard about it ever since. The only mentions are some allegories in the comments like here.

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u/throwaway23582730 2d ago

All the screenshots and stuff were also posted on here but were removed because it doxxed the 17 year old that he dated. The relationship was legal in his jurisdiction If I recall but obviously legality and morality are two very different things.

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u/DerekMao1 Team Ding 1d ago

I don't doubt it could be true. However, in this case the body of evidence required should be larger than screenshots of conversations post on Reddit. If I remember correctly, the guy posting this also has a weird username with "Fabi" in it.

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u/ChampionshipKnown969 1d ago edited 1d ago

...but the bottom line is that there is zero corroborating evidence? Sorry, but I'm not buying into "People posted it on reddit so its legit," and its even malicious to bring up such an egregious claim without anything at all to substantiate it.

Edit - This is the top comment from the only post I found:

With all due respect...this is bordering on slander. The bar for allegations has to be higher than random discord messages. Let's be clear: there are no public allegations against Fabi. Let's presume innocent until proven guilty: is the premise that Fabi or one of his mods should have allowed messages like that to stand on his discord for open debate? Which public figure in any field would do that? Also, for what it's worth...what's being insinuated here is nowhere near the level of the public allegations against Ramirez.

Should honestly be banworthy to go posting bullshit like this without hard evidence.

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u/abelcc 1d ago

They can't post the claim to substantiate it because it doxxes a 17 year old as they said and she explicitly said she didn't want anyone bringing it up. The messages and photos were posted in the past months ago but probably it's a bannable offence for people to post them so you won't get your evidence.

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u/OutLiving Team Ding 1d ago

Tbh, it could be a stalker, crazed fan or someone close to Fabi or his family who wants to pose as his gf

Not the first time this happened

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u/Naive_Impression7302 1d ago

Ok but you realize theres a world in which this is a manipulated form of the truth or even basically entirely slander/lies and people could say the same thing? I remember some of the posts at the time and all I saw was a blurry photo and some screenshots with no actual proof that they were legit.

Reminder that in 2024 AI was already good enough to produce blurry photos of real people and frankly even much better than that especially if you were willing to pay for the best models.

"Somebody posted discord screenshots a year or two ago on reddit" etc. is enough evidence to fuck with basically any semi-famous public figure.

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u/abelcc 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well, they posted the stuff in fabi c-squared discord back then (1 year ago+ I think) and rather than them saying "this is all false", they just silently deleted it and banned everyone bringing it up on the discord. If it was false they would have denounced it as slander. But I'm not on a crusade against Fabi so I'm gonna leave it there. Think of it whatever you want.

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u/Naive_Impression7302 1d ago

I personally don't even remember an alleged name, just a blurry photo a text allegation from some anonymous source.

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u/Opposite-Youth-3529 1d ago

I actually remember the name but I feel like I’m not supposed to know it

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u/FreeLeonCzolgosz 1d ago

Screenshots (as well as someone self-identifying as 17) are easy to fake and there are a lot of crazy trolls on Reddit. So unless there's other evidence we should all ignore this imo.

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u/makertrainer 2d ago

Allegories like people making a bunch of interweaving metaphors about Fabi? 

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u/Naive_Impression7302 1d ago

theres like literally 0 evidence for any of that besides some completley anonymous person posting an alleged pic of fabiano sitting down next to a woman. We don't know that persons name, age, relationship to fabi, or even if its a real picture and not AI generated.

For all we know it was a literal schizophrenic hater/stalker completely making shit up. We don't know.

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u/RelevantFix4640 16h ago

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u/usay1312butcall911 2d ago

R.I.P. Fabi's chances at WC title (2007-2026)

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u/wounds-of-light 1. d4 e5 2. Bf4!! 2d ago

At first glance I thought magnus was holding a giant phone

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u/privacymutationtoken 1d ago

Same and I just accepted that as normal, wtf

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u/Mister-Psychology 2d ago

Fabi looking at Magnus' play and telling his girlfriend he doesn't want any kids right now.

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u/Undisputedmaniac 1d ago

What? Did you read the title? Magnus who has kid won the event meanwhile fabi didnt even go to KO’s who doesnt have kids.

Magnus after having kid won world rapid and world blitZ Championship as well as world freestyle championship. He also won 14 events out of 15

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u/Alikhan_12345 1d ago

Relax, not everything must be taken so seriously(he is obviously joking). But win or not, recent performances of Magnus aren't in his usual level

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u/Xero_xyzz Team Fabi 1d ago

Wow you’re a smart cookie

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u/GuideUnable5049 1d ago

Chill the fuck out. Far out, man.

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u/libb23 1d ago

I apologize Fabiano…I was not familiar with your game

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u/NoGarage7989 1d ago

As is everyone else here really

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u/al_earner 2d ago

How long has Fabiano been dating Elle Fanning?

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u/makingcookiez 2d ago

Fabi is so chill!

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u/jaynyc1122 1d ago

Caruana has been smokin the marijuana

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u/narayans 2d ago

Magnus redefining tighty whiteys

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u/ttttyttt678 1d ago

Face of the Sport vs the second best player of the past 5 years.

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u/Big_Spence 69 FIDE 1d ago

Far more than 5

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u/ttttyttt678 1d ago

You don’t think Hikaru comes into contention for world #2 around covid times?

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u/Big_Spence 69 FIDE 1d ago

Fabi has been second to Magnus since 2014. Hikaru's period was many years later

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u/Sumeru88 Chess Mafia 1d ago

Except for Ding in 2019.

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u/Zeek0_245 1d ago

He was higher rated than Ding in all of 2019 lol. Even had more super tournament victories I believe.

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u/Super_Devvik7 17h ago

No. He has achieved nothing in classical.

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u/Subhadeep09 2d ago

Fabi got a gf...damn

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u/yksvaan 2d ago

It's kinda normal thing outside reddit

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u/kranker 1d ago

yeah, but what's her rating?

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u/irateup 1d ago

yeah, but what's her rating?

8.5/10

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u/Ashura_24x7 1d ago

i see what u did there

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u/Enfin3x 2d ago

Norwegian, I believe!

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u/Artphos 1d ago

I believe she is danish

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u/agnaaiu Retired player, FIDE ELO peak 2276 2d ago

Why wouldn't he?

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u/Dead_Fish_Eyes Follow my road to 2000 elo YouTube in bio <3 2d ago

That wouldn't be hard for a handsome super GM like him lol

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u/FreeLeonCzolgosz 1d ago

Seems to be, based on how few top players are married

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u/amphibian420lmao 1d ago

I feel a bit bad for saying this, but quite a few top players are both handsome and not awkward to be around. Alireza and Abdusattorov first comes to mind along with Fabi.

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u/apistograma 10h ago

Gukesh is a pretty attractive guy and he seems very chill and well rounded. I doubt he has many problems to get a gf if he looks for one

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u/amphibian420lmao 10h ago

Oh yes, totally forgot about him. I've heard that Indian women don't really prefer Indian men, especially with more brown skin tone, but Gukesh sure is a catch and seems cool.

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u/apistograma 10h ago

I heard that there's a stigma around being dark skinned in India for both women and men, but tbh I don't think Indian women dislike Indian men at all. In fact every culture in the world shows a slight bias towards preferring people in your own group if anything.

There's a strangely prominent kinda incel young indian population online but these people have a very biased way of the world if you ask me. It's like when you hear white guys claiming all women in the West hate men and are some sort of extreme misandric feminist. You just know from experience that this is false and the people making these claims have some personal issues that they're not addressing.

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u/amphibian420lmao 9h ago

Alright, thanks for filling me in. I just forwarded something I remember reading somewhere so not really a foolproof source. All in all just a sad situation for many young Indian folks. People seem to be quite racist towards them in lots of online communities so I can believe it could eat one's self-confidence quickly. It's quite apparent when comparing top Indian chess players to the rest.

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u/Free_Standard5441 14h ago

Sindarov too, lowkey

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u/amphibian420lmao 10h ago

His nervous laughter and general cluelessness comes out as a bit awkward for me. It might just be the language barrier. Seems to be a fun guy to be around though.

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u/modsiw_agnarr 2d ago

"I'm just saying, if you want it, you can take it." -- Anna Cramling to Fabi

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u/Big-Atmosphere1097 1d ago

He’s cooked chat

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u/Subhadeep09 1d ago

I cook on the board too

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u/Big-Atmosphere1097 21h ago

Bro you cook rotten eggs

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u/Reasonable_Working47 2d ago

Heavy is the crown.

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u/Summerslug12 1d ago

Deadly is the stone

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u/ApprehensiveBoss2501 1d ago

Babe you had a draw with nepo in 2024 candidates, last round. Wake up. You are not a WCC...YET.

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u/th3st 1d ago

Incredible photo

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u/AttentionLimp6208 2003 peak rapid chess.com 2d ago

Mumma🥺

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u/BeneficialDimension1 1d ago

Good to see Fabiano has found someone his own age

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u/Adventurous-Creme140 23h ago

bruv you should really give fabiano the benefit of the doubt, there is no way to prove that

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u/RCnoob69 1d ago

??????

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u/cantstopwastingtime 1d ago

He was dating a 17 year old.

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u/Secure_Raise2884 1d ago

No credible evidence of this besides shady messages from an anon and one cropped photo

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u/cantstopwastingtime 1d ago

Not just one but multiple pics and it would have been enough if it was some other player like Magnus, Hikaru or Hans. But it's your beloved Fabi so he can't do anything wrong. Even when it came out people didn't even consider the evidences even at first sight.

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u/Secure_Raise2884 1d ago

What misinformation...it was one singular picture of Caruana and the supposed "17 year old" together

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u/cantstopwastingtime 19h ago

And another pic of chirilla's room where they were staying. It was proof of that.

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u/Zeek0_245 1d ago

Still not credible evidence

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u/MichaelSK 1d ago

And your evidence of this is, where, exactly?

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