Chess: Carlsen forfeits World Champion Title: 7/20/2022 22:01:46 |

Farah♦
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Chess enthusiast have probably heard already, but the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen has decided not to defend his title of world champion.
Carlsen has reigned supreme for the past decade and after his last win in the world championship against Nepomniatichi, he claimed to not defend his title unless Alireza Firouzja won the candidates: the tournament deciding who gets to challenge the world champion.
Most people thought this was a bluff, including most people playing the big candidates tournament. However, Magnus has doubled down and has forfeited his title.
What do you think of Carlsen's decision?
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Chess: Carlsen forfeits World Champion Title: 7/24/2022 12:47:43 |
graemes
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Carlsen’s decision is not selfish lol. Any loyalty he should have is to the game… not to FIDE. He still loves chess, he’s still playing chess, he’s still producing unbelievably high quality chess games for fans of the game.
He would rather participate in 20 tournaments in a variety of styles than 1 tournament in a particular style. Isn’t that what being a Chess Champion and ambassador should be about?
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Chess: Carlsen forfeits World Champion Title: 7/24/2022 15:53:34 |

Farah♦
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I agree with graemes. Not defending the title shows little more than the problems FIDE already had. He's still playing chess and will probably continue to do so
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Chess: Carlsen forfeits World Champion Title: 7/24/2022 20:20:04 |

EIGBM
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hopefully this will make chess variants more popular
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Chess: Carlsen forfeits World Champion Title: 7/25/2022 22:37:08 |

EIGBM
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need double chess, crazy house, and chess 960 tournaments
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Chess: Carlsen forfeits World Champion Title: 7/27/2022 03:32:18 |

Jurry Kurl
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what about coomers chess?
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Chess: Carlsen forfeits World Champion Title: 7/31/2022 09:08:12 |

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Ah, haven't checked the chess scene in a while.
From the comments I don't know who's at fault but the man must've had his reasons. And even if it's selfishness is a kind of selfishnes any player should have the right to.
Btw Hi Farah! It's been sometime (ββΏβ)/
What are the probs with the Fide?
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