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It looks like Frenkie de Jong could gift Barcelona with a move away to Chelsea. The Catalans have not been shy of telling their Dutch midfielder to leave the club after months of pursuing a move to Manchester United. Erik ten Hag would like a reunion with the former Ajax player but de Jong just does not want to budge.
The five-time champion is NOT running away from the challenger. For, he had defeated the same challenger (Ian Nepomniachchtchi of Russia) 4-0 in their match. But the Norwegian is tired of the Matchplay process and feels even the successful campaign is not rewarding enough vis-à-vis the effort.
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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Magnus Carlsen will not defend his world championship in 2023 against Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi as he is not motivated to play another match, the Norwegian five-time champion said in a podcast on Wednesday. If Carlsen does not defend his title, Nepomniachtchi is likely to face the runner up in the recent Candidates tournament, China's Ding Liren. "I feel I don't have a lot to gain, I don't particularly like (the championship matches), and although I'm sure a match would be interesting for historical reasons and all of that, I don't have any inclination to play and I will simply not play the match," he said on the podcast for his sponsor Unibet.
OSLO: Chess world number one Magnus Carlsen on Wednesday (Jul 20) announced that he would not defend his world championship title in 2023, but stressed that he was not retiring from chess.
Nsikak Etim from Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, won the Masters category of the second Governor Douye Diri National Scrabble Championship held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.