re: Magnus Carlsen to forgo the defense of his title

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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.

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He's probably the goat. Slightly better than Kasparov.
Then it's probably:
Tier 2: Anand/Karpov/Fischer.

For Magnus, it's not just in Classical; it's also rapid and blitz. He dominates all of it.

He's probably going to keep playing rapid and blitz and just retire from classical.
I think he's motivated to get to 2900. And with all of the draws and grind that comes along with classical, it doesn't really motivate him to play.
I mean, what's the point? We all know he's probably still the best regardless of which usurper holds the title.