Norway’s grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is pictured throughout sport 9 towards Russia’s grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi within the FIDE World Chess Championship Dubai 2021, on the Dubai Expo 2020 within the Gulf emirate, on December 7, 2021. (Photograph by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen mentioned on Tuesday he not felt motivated to defend his world chess championship title however wished to proceed taking part in the sport.
The 31-year-old Carlsen claimed his fifth world chess crown nL1N2SV1HH in Dubai on Friday with a crushing 7.5-3.5 victory towards Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi.
“It’s been clear to me for many of the 12 months that this world championship ought to be the final,” Carlsen was quoted as saying by The Guardian in a podcast. “It doesn’t imply as a lot anymore because it as soon as did.
“For many who anticipate me to play the world championship subsequent time, the prospect that they are going to be disillusioned may be very nice.
“It’s important for me to say that I do intend to play chess. I’ll proceed to play chess, it provides me quite a lot of pleasure. However the world championship has not been so pleasurable.”
Prime-ranked Carlsen mentioned he could be able to let go of his world title until his subsequent opponent was 18-year-old Iranian-French participant Alireza Firouzja, who’s the world quantity two.
Firouzja must qualify from an eight-player candidates match to earn the correct to play Carlsen.
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