@Giffen is Good true, such is why reaching the mythical 2900 is pretty much impossible (for now - rating inflation will make it possible eventually, but it will be a player who's probably not even born yet
@Shin well, he never waited for a younger challenger. if you don't count losses against younger challenger (eg. Kasparov losing to Kramnik, Karpov losing to Kasparov etc.), you'll get quite a few world champions who never lost the crown : ) so in this sense it's nothing unusual. Magnus retired from the WC circuit at the age of 32. how many chess champions had already lost their title by that age?? i can think of only two cases in history: 1. Tal (who suffered from serious health problems) and 2. Kramnik in 2007 (he was also 32, i believe technically older than Carlsen, but also 32 so fine). the end.
@Shin lol... Wtf r u saying. Who is saying Magnus is below Vishy. First guy compared Pragg to Vishy, which is obviously correct. Second compared Magnus Garry. So quick to jump the gun when u dont even read properly.
@Daarom only indians don't think he's past vishy he was a world champion when he was 20+ never even lost it once until he relinquished it. And to top it all off he defeated vishy at the world championship
The true MVPs of the tournament were actually Van Foreest, Rapport and Pragg tbh... It would've been so easy for them to simply make quicks draws or just stop playing because they aren't in contention for top places but their sportsmanship is insane Van Foreest won against Abdusattarov and Rapport blundered against Giri which puts Giri in clear #1 and Pragg held the draw against Magnus which stopped him from getting to tie breaks
i'd really wish chess fans would finally learn the difference between a GAME and a MATCH. it's insane - it's as if football fans were discussing the sport, and most of them not understanding the difference between a penalty and a free kick (or something equally basic).
He's not bored of it, he just played 3 weeks of constant classical chess games, and had to fight back after losing two games, ofcourse he needs a little bit time.
GAMES, not matches. a chess match is a SERIES of games played in succession between the same players. this was a tournament, not a match, much less a number of matches.
Remember magnus !!! You will be my hero no matter what !!!!! You are the best... You are the GOAT.... shit happens sometimes.... But the way you came back was truely amazing... 👏👏👏
"Tantalizingly close" so true! I think Magnus tried some interesting games resulting in the two losses and the draw yesterday. He could have won, but to place tied 2nd after losing 2 games and be behind only half a point? Still shows how amazing he is
He doesn't take "losing" lightly. And he blames only himself for losing. (with that one notable exception that speaks for itself..) Which is both part of his formula for success.
The only time he didn't smack himself for failing to convert a position or making a mistake costing him the win, he accused his opponent of cheating , Hans is the ONLY person who's ever done that
That is the beauty of chess, its just you and your opponent on a level playing field. When you win you were better and when you lose you weren't, you take responsibility for both 100%.
@Bryan Dyer In the early days of the internet it was pretty common. Since then it's become very rare, thankfully. I'll take a leaf out of your book and treat it as funny. Or I suppose someone with poor eyesight might use block capitals to be sure of what they're typing.
Ease up with the capital letters! In netiquette terms they mean you are deliberately shouting at us. Your content doesn't back that up, but still, some consider it rude.
True. Maybe Giri and Rapport could match his personality. The Indian players are too modest and young. Maybe Hans Niemann could also equal MC in colorful personality.
Carlsen looks tired but not pissed. If you want to see his 'pissed face', then watch yesterday's interview. He was definitely angry yesterday though understandably so.
The gate to reach 2900 elo is getting more difficult.. he is the only player in the world who has 2800 elo.. sorry magnus.. if the others dont keep up with your pace.. the 2900 elo will always be impossible.. but still.. you will always be the greatest of all time.. take a rest GOAT!
Rapport always tends to bottle it when it counts lol. Fabiano complained about it in the candidates last year. He gave Nepo an easy pathway to win in their match.
Magnus still losing so many rating points even tho he finished joined second, man it's hard being him. Like he would need to constantly win if he ever wants to gain rating.
@Alex Ponco Yeah an academic paper a while ago showed that it's very difficult for MC to get to 2900, due to the way Elo is calculated, the K-factor. It's on the internet, ah, here "“On the Probability of Magnus Carlsen reaching 2900” - Polson et al (2022) " and unless Magnus gets very hot he only has a 4.5% chance of reaching 2900 Elo.
he looks motivated,he feels worse after getting 3rd, I just want to see a fully prepped and focussed Carlsen for one last time,he will do it,who am i kidding,he is the fucking GOAT
The Magnus in this interview is so changed, you can tell he is just being himself, doesn't care if he has to present decent for an interview, decoupled from all behavioral norms. I guess being at pinnacle of the game changes your perception about the world.
@Bashy "Huge congrats to him... he has been close so many times... looking at the positions...it's not remotely UNdeserved that he wins." But anybody bashes who he wants...
Master of chess, Master of hair styles. Men all over the world are saving hair and when they (finaly) shows up at the hair dresser they say: "Give me a Magnus, and make sure it looks wild!".
@Gustavo Orlando it's not "the same" at all, Kasparov played several more WC matches after 1990, notably beating Anand in 1995. unless this falls under the category of "he just wants to have fun while playing chess" for you, nothing will surprise me anymore
that's definitely not what he himself said (unless you've got some inside info unlike us mere mortals). he only said he's retiring from the WC cycle specifically. never anything about taking his foot off the gas in the context of competitive chess in general. not to my knowledge at least
Yes the same happened to Kasparov, . After beating Karpov in 1990 , Kasparov started a new Federation PCA and from 1991-1998 he travelled all over the World playing simultaneous matches against olimpics teams .
It is frustrating because he lost two games in a row in classical which is practically like Halley’s Comet and then of all things draws to Gukesh and Pragg with the White pieces which is practically like a loss. You have to beat players who are rated almost 100 points lower than you especially in Classical and under tournament conditions. Amazing he was only 0.5 points out of tiebreak. Rapport doesn’t screw the pooch and Magnus goes into Blitz tiebreaks against Anish and Nordirbeck even after all of that.
As a Uzbek I am proud of Nodirbek. He did well. But to be better than This monster he have to win tournaments like TATA steel at least 7-8 times within next 10-12 years
I strongly believe that in every tournament, wins should give 3 points and draws 1 point. In this way, players won't be seeking draws all the time, making games much more interesting
I disagree. That would mean that losing twice and winning once is just as good as drawing 3 times. And that really doesn't feel right to me. Drawing 3 times is more impressive than winning once and losing twice imo (and should therefore give more points)
Magnus is really frustrated and disappointed you can see that because he knows the deserving one was abdu he played every game for win and not like Anish who just win by his luck .
SB points. He lost to number 1 and 2, which means you lose a lot of SB points, especially if your wins were against people much lower on the ranking. If you remember two years ago, Alireza could've tied Jorden and Anish for 1st, but he was told to move because on SB points he would've been 3rd anyway, and the tie-breaker was only between 1 and 2. But yeah, SB points decides the ranking in the case of a tied score. Only if you tie for first, there's a tie-breaker match, and only between numbers 1 and 2 if there are more than 2 players tied for 1st.
@jrcolonial98 1st is playing tiebreaks, everything else is Sonneborn-Berger score which is add up the points of everyone you beat and half the score of everyone you drew
@Dan Chen Liren is 2811 on the most recent rating list. but they're published on a monthly basis, so his current official rating doesn't reflect his performance in this tournament yet. on the next list he will have fallen under 2800. it's not official yet, but it's inevitable (it's easy to calculate, and he won't play any more rated games in January; even if he did, certainly not many enough to lift him back over 2800 :) ).
At the end of the day he's got nothing to prove to anyone and he just doesn't enjoy the format for the world title. Don't get me wrong I'd love Magnus to defend his title but I understand why after a decade of this he'd want to do something else. I mean can you imagine how gruelling, dull and monotonous training must be for the title? Three months every two years where you have to look at the same openings day in day out, with some minor alteration and just running it through the engine looking for the slightest advantage and then on top of that having to memorize it! Must feel like putting your head in a vice. It must just get so tedious after a while, and once that happens I imagine you'd start to lose enjoyment for the game. Better to have him playing the formats he enjoys I say, than have him stop playing altogether because he lost his love for the game due to the format of the world championship.
Anger ("so pissed"), "couldn't sleep," "couldn't calculate"... Then Imagine how he must have felt after losing to Neimann, but with the temptation to ease his pain by [falsely] accusing his opponent of cheating. After losing to Neimann, Magnus had most likely NOT slept then either. Even worse; thus, he did not want to play the next day, Rd 4 at Sinquefield cup. It's just human weakness. But he should have apologized to Neimann by now; and to blind followers for using his influence to cause division. A Trumpian move...
Remember, this guy who is considered to have had a "bad tournament" ended up tied for 2nd with the guy who led the thing the whole time.
Why would we remember
No1 Saïd it was a bad tournament for Magnus lol, losing 2 games is bad because he will lose a lot of ratings
@Alpha Avijeet 2nd*
Bro 3Rd position is still a bad tournament for Magnus
@speedchess he drew a 2400, didn't lose
Hasn't lost to anyone below 2700 since at least 2019
It's insane that Magnus is now the only 2800 player in the world. Show's how competitive it has gotten to remain at the top!
@Giffen is Good true, such is why reaching the mythical 2900 is pretty much impossible (for now - rating inflation will make it possible eventually, but it will be a player who's probably not even born yet
*shows
Just think: Now it'll be even harder for Magnus to get rating points, as draws and losses will be more punishing the fewer 2800s there are.
@Shin well, he never waited for a younger challenger.
if you don't count losses against younger challenger (eg. Kasparov losing to Kramnik, Karpov losing to Kasparov etc.), you'll get quite a few world champions who never lost the crown : ) so in this sense it's nothing unusual.
Magnus retired from the WC circuit at the age of 32. how many chess champions had already lost their title by that age?? i can think of only two cases in history: 1. Tal (who suffered from serious health problems) and 2. Kramnik in 2007 (he was also 32, i believe technically older than Carlsen, but also 32 so fine). the end.
2850+
He still loves chess so much you can see it on his face. GOAT material.
Goat material? xD He's the goat. End.
This meme has to stop. I’m patient, I endured Harambe meme for years
He lost 2 games and still behind half a point after 13 rounds
@Shin If, if, if
Mb he would win if he drew against giri tho cause giri would lose .5 pts
@Shin or he won against pragg tbh he threw some games that's why this happend
@Shin there are no co winners, they would go to a tiebreak
He has the most wins in this tournament if he drew against giri he would have been co winner
He already knew yesterday, that had he won that game against Praggnanandha, he would get to tie-breaks today for the tournament win
@Shin lol... Wtf r u saying. Who is saying Magnus is below Vishy. First guy compared Pragg to Vishy, which is obviously correct. Second compared Magnus Garry. So quick to jump the gun when u dont even read properly.
@Jack-o'-Lantern Panic and it was in this position that Jack resigned the game.
@Daarom only indians don't think he's past vishy he was a world champion when he was 20+ never even lost it once until he relinquished it. And to top it all off he defeated vishy at the world championship
The true MVPs of the tournament were actually Van Foreest, Rapport and Pragg tbh...
It would've been so easy for them to simply make quicks draws or just stop playing because they aren't in contention for top places but their sportsmanship is insane
Van Foreest won against Abdusattarov and Rapport blundered against Giri which puts Giri in clear #1 and Pragg held the draw against Magnus which stopped him from getting to tie breaks
@Daarom you don't understand much about chess. its okay to be in that place, its alright
Lost 2 matches in a 2700+ tournament, still ended up on 3rd place . Insane stuff , hope he does fantastic in Tata Steel 2024.
@Josuke Which place Ding get again??
*2nd place
@roydon dsa if ding continue plays like this.. ian will be world champion without breaking sweat..
i'd really wish chess fans would finally learn the difference between a GAME and a MATCH.
it's insane - it's as if football fans were discussing the sport, and most of them not understanding the difference between a penalty and a free kick (or something equally basic).
@roydon dsa He is 2850, he should be crushing everyone
Lol Magnus is always great in interviews, he must be the only world champion in any sport/game who openly says he's bored of it hahaha
Ronnie O’Sullivan’s entire career #thissh1tistooeasy 😂
I thought his word choice was: "classical chess...little bit sick of it after these few weeks..."
Incorrect ronnie ó Sullivan has this self righteous behaviour in interviews
He's not bored of it, he just played 3 weeks of constant classical chess games, and had to fight back after losing two games, ofcourse he needs a little bit time.
@Luiz Machado really bro, video game??
He won the most no of games among all
@vibovitold Edited as per your remarks
@vibovitold ur fun at parties i can tell bro
GAMES, not matches. a chess match is a SERIES of games played in succession between the same players. this was a tournament, not a match, much less a number of matches.
@Huey Long enjoyer that move hurts so bad man
@Lucas Matsuoca Only if he had captured the pawn with the rook, instead of the knight.
Remember magnus !!!
You will be my hero no matter what !!!!! You are the best... You are the GOAT.... shit happens sometimes.... But the way you came back was truely amazing... 👏👏👏
@exetrf4Ng i dont know.... But thats how i always type... I m Sorry if it bothered you 😊
@SHATTERED 😊
@19shirish alright, have a good day :)
@19shirish why do you type like that
Thats really sweet of you to say 🐻
"Tantalizingly close" so true! I think Magnus tried some interesting games resulting in the two losses and the draw yesterday. He could have won, but to place tied 2nd after losing 2 games and be behind only half a point? Still shows how amazing he is
@Kaito As opposed to all his other games where he goes for quick draws in 15 moves?
@Michał Polak it means magnus tried going for interesting lines
What do you mean: tried some interesting games? What does that even mean?
second place and silver medal winner
He doesn't take "losing" lightly.
And he blames only himself for losing. (with that one notable exception that speaks for itself..)
Which is both part of his formula for success.
The only time he didn't smack himself for failing to convert a position or making a mistake costing him the win, he accused his opponent of cheating , Hans is the ONLY person who's ever done that
That is the beauty of chess, its just you and your opponent on a level playing field. When you win you were better and when you lose you weren't, you take responsibility for both 100%.
IT IS MIND BOGGLING TO KNOW IF HE HAD SPOTTED THAT KNIGHT TACTIC AGAINST PRAGG HE WOULD HAVE WON THE TOURNAMENT. THAT'D BE SUCH A BADASS COMEBACK
@Bryan Dyer In the early days of the internet it was pretty common. Since then it's become very rare, thankfully. I'll take a leaf out of your book and treat it as funny.
Or I suppose someone with poor eyesight might use block capitals to be sure of what they're typing.
@Dion Lindsay Some people write this way. I find it funny 😂
Ease up with the capital letters! In netiquette terms they mean you are deliberately shouting at us. Your content doesn't back that up, but still, some consider it rude.
And actually he forgot that move he claims later, said somebody who watches Norway TV. It's plausible, as it was only a two move trap.
Well he would have tied with Anish and they would go to tiebreaks
What a honest guy lots of love ❤️
Phenomenal Player..Phenomenal personality :)
True. Maybe Giri and Rapport could match his personality. The Indian players are too modest and young. Maybe Hans Niemann could also equal MC in colorful personality.
Pure fighting spirit and personality.
GOAT.
Such a reasonable and appropriate figurehead 👍 Well done all.
Carlsen looks so pissed. This is what happens when you have habit of winning. That’s why I never win for my own benefit.
@Akiyoshi Fun Some people get the joke and some don’t.
@EviL_2mc what you said is right but OP was just making a joke.
Maaaybe that's why he is the World champ. It's a winning mentality! Some get it, some don't.
Carlsen looks tired but not pissed. If you want to see his 'pissed face', then watch yesterday's interview. He was definitely angry yesterday though understandably so.
Imagine just living and breathing what you do to the point you can't sleep after a bad day at the office. This guy is god level.
The gate to reach 2900 elo is getting more difficult.. he is the only player in the world who has 2800 elo.. sorry magnus.. if the others dont keep up with your pace.. the 2900 elo will always be impossible.. but still.. you will always be the greatest of all time.. take a rest GOAT!
Magnus smile at 2:30 when he talks about Anish,damn😄
He's a class act!
This was an amazing interview really!
A living young chess legend speaks for himself
Crazy how he would've been tied for first if rapport didn't completely bottle against anish
@Paul Osah or he takes bribes ; )
Rapport always tends to bottle it when it counts lol. Fabiano complained about it in the candidates last year. He gave Nepo an easy pathway to win in their match.
Rapport also blundered against Magnus hanging a piece .
Absolute GOAT he will only come back stronger
unbrushed goat. Carlsen needs a shepherd. His education has deficits.
No wonder; too much chess practised in his childhood
Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you. 💥
What are you talking about lol
He's the world champion for 3 categories
(( Classic Chess, Rapid Chess and Blitz Chess ♟️))
He's the best player in history
he looks so healthy! Crazy how he considers this a bad tournament when he gets 3rd place
"healthy"? 🤪 Are you a comedian?
This Magnus guy will defo be someone to look out for. He is WC--even GOAT material! 😁
Still the undisputed GOAT
I like your style magnus always fighting for a win no matter what a true champion indeed..
A very good interview, everyone take notes!
You feel like he is your homeboy chilling with you
Magnus will never be too upset what ever happens as he has already broken enough all time records.
GOAT. Will come back stronger.
Filipino chess players are mostly hospitability,kind,sharing what most his/her knowledge of playing chess we are very friendly people...
class act both at and away from the board
You are proving excellent example of selective memory her mister 🤣
Comeback King 👑👑
I love his mentality
We commentators would die for the 2nd place and he's just frustrated by himself.. Whada level man..
Long live the king.
Magnus still losing so many rating points even tho he finished joined second, man it's hard being him. Like he would need to constantly win if he ever wants to gain rating.
@95Kyo. Chess speaks for itself.
If he would have drawn all games then he would lose -15 elo, that speaks for itself.
@Alex Ponco Yeah an academic paper a while ago showed that it's very difficult for MC to get to 2900, due to the way Elo is calculated, the K-factor. It's on the internet, ah, here "“On the Probability of Magnus Carlsen reaching 2900” - Polson et al (2022) " and unless Magnus gets very hot he only has a 4.5% chance of reaching 2900 Elo.
Every other former 2800 is now below 2800 after this tournament
Because people are so far behind him in rating he needs to win a ridiculous amount to gain.
Rapports blunder of Kg6 vs Anish is mind boggling. It’s such a simple tactic. Sometimes I wonder what’s going on in these GM’s heads. Lol
he looks motivated,he feels worse after getting 3rd, I just want to see a fully prepped and focussed Carlsen for one last time,he will do it,who am i kidding,he is the fucking GOAT
Magnus is such a rock star ! What a f*ckng legend
At this point getting a haircut for magus makes no sense. Says Magnus to himself
It's called "The Niemann haircut", hiding his phone in his hair.
I like it. It gives me Robert Pollard vibes.
@Igor Araujo How do would you describe other players' hairs? Organized, awesome, or messy?
@Arthur Smith Well, he's a genius, so he can pull it off.
Love him!
The GOAT
The Magnus in this interview is so changed, you can tell he is just being himself, doesn't care if he has to present decent for an interview, decoupled from all behavioral norms. I guess being at pinnacle of the game changes your perception about the world.
"It's not remotely undeserved that he wind"... man Magnus sure can insult people while seeming to congratulate them 😂
Nice to see. He just has good things to say about everyone and excited for their successes. Too bad his haters aren't like that.
@Bashy "Huge congrats to him... he has been close so many times... looking at the positions...it's not remotely UNdeserved that he wins." But anybody bashes who he wants...
Really? I thought he said "Its not remotely deserved that he wins" about Anish lol. Seems like he might be not taking that Anish loss too well
Master of chess, Master of hair styles. Men all over the world are saving hair and when they (finaly) shows up at the hair dresser they say: "Give me a Magnus, and make sure it looks wild!".
True GOAT. 🐐
@Pimp Z Aha. Thank you
@Lucia Nadia Cipriani Greatest of all time
What is a GOAT?
❤. Oh man, he is very dissatisfied & agonized. Dw. Next time Magnus. ❤❤❤
at least from the tournament we know who's the next world champ
Magnus has really hit different phase in life. He is not insanely competitive any more, he just wants to have fun while playing chess
@Gustavo Orlando it's not "the same" at all, Kasparov played several more WC matches after 1990, notably beating Anand in 1995. unless this falls under the category of "he just wants to have fun while playing chess" for you, nothing will surprise me anymore
that's definitely not what he himself said (unless you've got some inside info unlike us mere mortals).
he only said he's retiring from the WC cycle specifically.
never anything about taking his foot off the gas in the context of competitive chess in general. not to my knowledge at least
Yeah ever since he decided not to play for the world championship title anymore
I mean he just said he couldn’t sleep because he was so pissed he only drew Pragg lol
Yes the same happened to Kasparov, . After beating Karpov in 1990 , Kasparov started a new Federation PCA and from 1991-1998 he travelled all over the World playing simultaneous matches against olimpics teams .
When you gave your exam and don't know how it went 😝🤣 - MAGNUS
Lmao he sounds like he’s always tired Maggy get some rest boi 🔥🔥🏆
Unfamiliar ground for Magnus.....familiar ground for most people.....
lovely interview thank you
It is frustrating because he lost two games in a row in classical which is practically like Halley’s Comet and then of all things draws to Gukesh and Pragg with the White pieces which is practically like a loss. You have to beat players who are rated almost 100 points lower than you especially in Classical and under tournament conditions. Amazing he was only 0.5 points out of tiebreak. Rapport doesn’t screw the pooch and Magnus goes into Blitz tiebreaks against Anish and Nordirbeck even after all of that.
let's face it, blitz tiebreaks are nonsense
Cedric Diggory energy
Carlsen officially lost himself after Hans destroyed him. sad😢
He is so pissed off. Seems like this really hurt him not to win, but he must realise there is always another year and another tournament
I love you soo much Magnus
Magnus looks like he lives in a car down by the river!!! :D
The 🐐
2nd place was a rake. Magnus could use for that mop
This man needs some serious sleep, hope he can rest in peace for a few day
The ultimate G
Magnus.. 🤍🖤
The best of the best..! You are our champion.
Nice look for magnus, he looks like a rock star lol
Wow, he seems very burnt out.
As a Uzbek I am proud of Nodirbek. He did well. But to be better than This monster he have to win tournaments like TATA steel at least 7-8 times within next 10-12 years
Seriously lovee his hairdo..... it looks messy and scruffy but damn!!! It looks awesome
GOAT
Magnus seems exhausted here lmao
A chess monster
Magnus the last couple years just another strong GM, first among equals.
We're blessed as chess players of this generation to have such a thoughtful and charming leader.
goat for a reason
I strongly believe that in every tournament, wins should give 3 points and draws 1 point. In this way, players won't be seeking draws all the time, making games much more interesting
I disagree. That would mean that losing twice and winning once is just as good as drawing 3 times. And that really doesn't feel right to me. Drawing 3 times is more impressive than winning once and losing twice imo (and should therefore give more points)
Can I ask what kind of tournament was this? Is this the world tournament? Or another type?
I really feel like Magnus absolutely hates Nodirbek like the passive aggressiveness lmao
Magnus is really frustrated and disappointed you can see that because he knows the deserving one was abdu he played every game for win and not like Anish who just win by his luck .
respect
The champ needs some rest.
Did he not tie for second?
How is Magnus 3rd I thought he was tied 2nd? What were the tiebreaks that make him 3rd?
SB points. He lost to number 1 and 2, which means you lose a lot of SB points, especially if your wins were against people much lower on the ranking. If you remember two years ago, Alireza could've tied Jorden and Anish for 1st, but he was told to move because on SB points he would've been 3rd anyway, and the tie-breaker was only between 1 and 2. But yeah, SB points decides the ranking in the case of a tied score. Only if you tie for first, there's a tie-breaker match, and only between numbers 1 and 2 if there are more than 2 players tied for 1st.
@jrcolonial98 i think these tiebreaks would be used to get the top 2 and then the top 2 play for 1st but maybe theres a system for three-way tiebreaks
@Alex Shaw thanks :)
@jrcolonial98 1st is playing tiebreaks, everything else is Sonneborn-Berger score which is add up the points of everyone you beat and half the score of everyone you drew
@Kaspar Paukson would these same rules apply to a hypothetical tie for 1st? Or would they do tiebreaks for 1st, do you know?
Hey at least Ding is gone from 2800 land so you're now officially the only player in 2800
@Dan Chen Liren is 2811 on the most recent rating list. but they're published on a monthly basis, so his current official rating doesn't reflect his performance in this tournament yet. on the next list he will have fallen under 2800. it's not official yet, but it's inevitable (it's easy to calculate, and he won't play any more rated games in January; even if he did, certainly not many enough to lift him back over 2800 :) ).
@Dan Chen when you try to be oversmart but fail miserably
@Dan Chen lol he's 2787 after tata steel. It's ok bud. Searching for live ratings is hard sometimes
lol he's 2811. It's ok bud. Numbers are hard sometimes
The hair speaks for itself
Love you, Magnus
Totally cashed. Somehow Classical chess will always be the most punishing and respectable but he refuses to defend his title.
@Kay Agreed, the other 3 titles are far more important
@The Effect of logic True, more like "a".
@Joseph Charles not "the" then
@Joseph Charles Fischer random is entertaining but it's not chess. In chess there's 3 crowns, the fischer random headwear is more like a bishopshat
At the end of the day he's got nothing to prove to anyone and he just doesn't enjoy the format for the world title.
Don't get me wrong I'd love Magnus to defend his title but I understand why after a decade of this he'd want to do something else.
I mean can you imagine how gruelling, dull and monotonous training must be for the title?
Three months every two years where you have to look at the same openings day in day out, with some minor alteration and just running it through the engine looking for the slightest advantage and then on top of that having to memorize it! Must feel like putting your head in a vice.
It must just get so tedious after a while, and once that happens I imagine you'd start to lose enjoyment for the game.
Better to have him playing the formats he enjoys I say, than have him stop playing altogether because he lost his love for the game due to the format of the world championship.
Anger ("so pissed"), "couldn't sleep," "couldn't calculate"... Then Imagine how he must have felt after losing to Neimann, but with the temptation to ease his pain by [falsely] accusing his opponent of cheating.
After losing to Neimann, Magnus had most likely NOT slept then either. Even worse; thus, he did not want to play the next day, Rd 4 at Sinquefield cup. It's just human weakness. But he should have apologized to Neimann by now; and to blind followers for using his influence to cause division.
A Trumpian move...
Anyone know what bicycle chess means or is in reference too?
3rd place prize should have included the haircut ;)
I think he’s in love or something, go Mongoose
In Chess a genius, as a human being very questionable.
But Carlsen has enough uncritical Fans. No problem.
Magnus has a bad tournament if he does not get 1st place .
Whats his classical rating after tata steel?
Ya he lost 7 rating points even after finishing joint 2nd. Now 2852 and only 2800 player left because Ding lost 23 rating points.
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