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Magnus Carlsen to forgo the defense of his title
Posted on 7/20/22 at 11:09 pm
Posted on 7/20/22 at 11:09 pm
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Ultimately the conclusion stands, one that I’m pretty comfortable with, one that I’ve thought a lot about for a long time now, I would say more than a year, probably a year and a half almost, since long before the last match. And I’ve spoken to people in my team, I’ve spoken to FIDE, I spoke to Ian as well. And the conclusion is, yeah, it’s very simple, that I am not motivated to play another match. I simply feel that I don’t have a lot to gain, I don’t particularly like it, and although I’m sure a match would be interesting for historical reasons and all of that, I don’t have any inclination to play and I will simply not play the match.
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Instead, we will see Nepo vs. Ding Liren, the top two finishers of the Candidates Tournament
Massive news in the chess world baws, wow
This post was edited on 7/26/22 at 1:29 pm
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Posted on 7/20/22 at 11:21 pm to Lou Pai
Chess board
Posted on 7/21/22 at 4:31 am to Lou Pai
GOAT
Posted on 7/21/22 at 4:49 am to Lou Pai
Hikaru must be pissed he didn't draw his last game...he'd be there instead of Ding. Happy for Ding though
Posted on 7/21/22 at 5:54 am to Lou Pai
So the dude who is the GOAT doesn’t want to defend his world title? I don’t get it? Is it that big of an inconvenience to go play an hour round of chess, or is he scared to get beat?
Posted on 7/21/22 at 6:19 am to Lou Pai
He’s had the title for nearly 10 years. He’s probably bored and stressed about the inevitability of losing
Posted on 7/21/22 at 7:23 am to Lou Pai
Guess he still has a chance to be world champ for the most years because he is so young but still odd to give up a year in your prime.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 8:15 am to Lou Pai
For those familiar with history of chess competition, where would Carlsen rank among the greats such as Morphy, Capablanca, Fischer, Kasparov etc?
I mean the cat simply does not lose, and he seems to excel in all forms of chess be it classical or speed.
I mean the cat simply does not lose, and he seems to excel in all forms of chess be it classical or speed.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 8:40 am to Lou Pai
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Magnus Carlsen
Great name for a Bond villain
Posted on 7/21/22 at 9:21 am to Lou Pai
Had no idea we had some Baws on the MSB that followed Chess 
Posted on 7/21/22 at 9:32 am to Lou Pai
I thought this was going to be about the World’s Strongest Man competition.
Posted on 7/21/22 at 12:34 pm to Lou Pai
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Massive news in the chess world baws, wow
Is there any massive news in the Jamaican ski resort world I should know about?
Posted on 7/22/22 at 9:27 am to Lou Pai
Nepo going to smoke Ding. Really wish Hikaru would have come in second and not blown the last game against Ding. He may not have beaten Nepo but the match would be a lot more fun because he would have tried something wild.
Posted on 7/25/22 at 12:32 pm to Lou Pai
Posted on 7/25/22 at 2:35 pm to Lou Pai
That guy won his first chess match while he was still in the womb
He said one hell of a run, I can’t blame him for wanting to take a break
He said one hell of a run, I can’t blame him for wanting to take a break
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