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Why did Magnus Carlsen not play the World Chess Championship in 2023?
I believe that Magnus decided not to compete in the 2023 World Chess Championship because there was more to lose than to gain. Everybody would be expecting him to win and I think that was a little too ...
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Why did Magnus Carlsen not play the World Chess Championship in 2023?
It's not that Carlsen finds the World Chess Championship too easy, but rather that he is losing interest in classical chess as a whole. The reason for that is opening preparation dominates classical ...
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Why did Magnus Carlsen not play the World Chess Championship in 2023?
Magnus himself stated at the end of 2021 after the Nepomniatchi -Carlsen match that he did not have the motivation to contest another challenge unless it was Alireza Firouzja as the challenger.
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