Head of the “Chess Mafia” Opens Up About Magnus vs Hans, Cheating & The Future of Chess
79K views · Jul 30, 2025 · Education
Comments · 515
@DinaBelenkaya · 1 year ago · pinned
🖤 Pre-order Danny’s upcoming book “Dark Squares” now ➡ <a href="https://www.chess.com/darksquares">https://www.chess.com/darksquares</a>
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@SiaLy-p2v · 1 year ago
Dina doing her best Hikaru impression 😄 "WELcome back ladies and gentlemen to todaaaaaaayyyyyss video."
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@ZacksHacks · 7 months ago
I remember Danny’s old videos where he would yell “EXCLAMABITCH!” And “EXCLAMABEOTCH!”then he got in trouble and claimed he had been saying “exclamavich” 😂
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@ArsMoriendiRevival · 1 year ago (edited)
Excellent interview - thank you!
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@Majjoran · 1 year ago
guy is the chief of chess and tells us all the time "not to take a black and white perspective"
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@pratyushpandey7287 · 1 year ago
great interview...on point
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@ericedwards904 · 1 year ago
Dina, this podcast needs a name so you can market it. Y'all are crushing it.
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@Himanshu-l6q1u · 1 year ago
Great interview!
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@ItsPutative · 1 year ago
Great content I love these long form interviews
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@xZel0s_x · 1 year ago
I've got to agree with the comments; these video releases have been 💯!
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@quillogist2875 · 1 year ago
Really good interview! I'm new to all this, having just got back into chess, and I found it fascinating.
@bacca71 · 1 year ago
Great opening line Dinakaru! Really interesting interview. Thank you.
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