Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: belief
30 Apr 2025 Conversations with Tyler Kenneth Rogoff on Monetary Moves, Fiscal Gambits, and Classical Chess
“Now, you must have been out of practice, but I believe you drew Magnus in a game of speed chess in 2012.”
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…I think it’s an interesting question. It’s funny because I’ve seen him write about Karpov, who I did play, and he said, “I don’t know how Karpov does it. He just knows where to put the pieces. He just knows where everything goes, and he’s not having to calculate like I do.” His great nemesis was Karpov, and between the two of them, he was the calculator. Karpov was no slouch, but Kasparov was better. I think maybe as Garry gets older, your comparative advantage as a calculator is probably at your peak at a younger age. Garry developed other tools, but he was really good at both. But I would’ve put Kasparov as a calculator, like a fierce calculator. Now, you must have been out of practice, but I believe you drew Magnus in a game of speed chess in 2012. Is that the correct year? Yes, it really happened.…
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