David Howell
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Oct 14, 2026
Ben JohnsonHOST
Yeah, and obviously one of the top young players in the world for his age even then.
Ben JohnsonHOST
Of course, there's a f- he came up with, uh, David Howell and Magnus Carlsen, and there's the famous photos of them all-
Nikita VitiugovGUEST
Yeah
Ben JohnsonHOST
... uh, around that time, uh, as little kids.
Ben JohnsonHOST
Of course, there's a...
Ben JohnsonHOST
He came up with, uh, David Howell and Magnus Carlsen, and there's the famous photos of them all around that time, uh, as little kids.
Ben JohnsonHOST
But, so did you already feel like this is gonna be a special player, or was there a moment later where it started to... where that thought crossed your mind?
Nikita VitiugovGUEST
Uh, no, back then, uh, I was mainly, uh, uh, focusing on my, you know, perspective.
Kamil PlichtaGUEST
Recently you beat Peter Svidler in some tournament when we had Halloween masks on and nobody knew who he was facing and they were like, okay, let's give you a chance and let you play in this tournament.
Kamil PlichtaGUEST
And the thing is that Magnus wasn't even supposed to be playing there because David Howell was the player who was playing.
Kamil PlichtaGUEST
But David Howell was doing something in Egypt back then and his internet didn't work well, so he couldn't play.
Kamil PlichtaGUEST
And Magnus replaced him like one hour before the tournament I realized I'm going to face Magnus.
Kamil PlichtaGUEST
So yeah, this happened.
Aman HambletonGUEST
Maybe more professional when it, when you think of commentators, just because they, they do it almost more as, you know, less of a side hustle and more of like, Hey, this is really one of the main things that you do.
Aman HambletonGUEST
And, and David Howell is certainly one of them.
Aman HambletonGUEST
Yeah.
Aman HambletonGUEST
So there's different teams.
Ben JohnsonHOST
Yeah, and I'm always amazed how many people do make time for it, how many ...
Ben JohnsonHOST
I know people like Hikaru and David Howell decided not to play this time around.
Ben JohnsonHOST
Magnus, of course, skipped this one.
Ben JohnsonHOST
But the vast majority of people, whatever they have going on in their lives, if they're eligible to play, they f- they find a way to make it happen.