The American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky commented on the decision of the world champion Magnus Karlsen to abandon the match with the Russian Yan Nepomnya for the world chess crown. The words of the American conveys the “Sport-Express”.
“I do not think that the matter is motivated. People underestimate how much you need to prepare for the match. The period of intensive training takes 9-10 months. Magnus needs to collect a large team, pay all salaries. If he loses, then this will not pay for himself. He has already proved that he is the best in history. It is more important for him to get to the mark of 2900 than to study the non -resounding again for about a year, ”said Naroditsky.
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July 20, it became known that Magnus Karlsen refused to play for the chess crown against the Nepomnya, who ahead of schedule became the winner of the applicants’ tournament – 2022. The second place was taken by Dean Lizhen, the third – Azerbaijani Teymur Rajabov.
According to the Norwegian, he does not see the motivation for himself to fight Yan for the second time in a row. In 2021, the Nepomnya already fought with him for the crown and was defeated. He also expressed a desire to meet in a duel for a chess crown with a representative of France Alirez Firuja.