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Last week’s WR Masters in Düsseldorf, Germany, looked on paper an interesting opportunity for potential rivals to Magnus Carlsen to showcase their skills, and for the new generation of teenage grandmasters to measure their development against the established top 10.
Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, and Hikaru Nakamura, the five-time US champion and speed specialist, are the two big beasts of major online chess tournaments, and they demonstrated their subtle skills this week at the $235,000 Airthings Masters, the opening event of the year-long online Champions Tour. Their controlled and impressive approach in the matchplay rounds enabled them to see off challenges from the Indian teenagers Arjun Erigaisi and Dommaraju Gukesh.
Alireza Firouzja strengthened his position among the world top last weekend when the former Iranian, now French, 19-year-old made a clean sweep at St Louis where he won the rapid, the blitz, the classical Sinquefield Cup and the overall Grand Tour.
During a chat with TOI, the 31-year-old spoke on his decision to not play the next World Championship clash, Norway's chances at the Olympiad and more. Excerpts:Was there a flashpoint when you realised you were not up for the World Championship final anymore?I have been thinking about this for quite a while. It's been on my mind, I would say, for the last one-and-half years and I have been pretty sure that I would not play another match after the one in 2021.
Magnus Carlsen will not defend his world championship title in 2023 against Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi. The five-times title winner will instead aim for a new record playing level.
Chess world number one Magnus Carlsen on Wednesday announced that he would not defend his world championship title in 2023, but stressed that he was not retiring from chess. "I am not motivated to play another match... I simply feel that I don't have a lot to gain. I don't particularly like it," Carlsen said in the first episode of his podcast "The Magnus Effect". Carlsen has repeatedly hinted that, bored with a title he has held for nearly 10 years, he may give up his throne without a fight. The 31-year-old crushed Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi 7.5-3.5 in his fifth straight victorious title match last December.
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