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No, it doesn't make any sense at all. The only people that care about Carlsen during the tournament are the same people who care about Carlsen not during the to

No, it doesn't make any sense at all. The only people that care about Carlsen during the tournament are the same people who care about Carlsen not during the tournament - chess fans.

pbhjpbhj 8y ago
I don't agree. Having the focussed attention of those fans is different. Also there's a euphoria associated with being involved ina large event that means when it ends there's a sense of loss, normality is so humdrum it's depressing. I can see someone curtailing that return to normality by all means.
- Kaveren 8y ago
  Magnus Carlsen is widely considered to be one of the very best chess players of all time, and it's more than respectable to consider him the Greatest of All Time. World Chess Championships are every two years. It's almost impossibly unlikely that someone like Carlsen (who is also very competitive) would deliberately prolong an event like this.
  - EGreg 8y ago
    Carlsen is also temperamental and unorthodox. I really like that about him. He is also a good looking guy who gets girls fawning over him. For him to answer the press in short Nos is funny. For him to want to do more games with Fabiano and crush him in rapid is a great and FUN decision. Obviously he could win that game but he wants to have more fun. And we all have more fun. Instead of winning and going home he wants to do something new. It’s been a long match w unprecedented draws. Why end it now? I would have done the same :) Think about this... comparing it to taking a draw to win the tournament when you could win the game but risk losing - IS SILLY. THAT is cowardly. Taking a draw when there would be nothing afterwards and you retain the title - that’s cowardly. This... IS FUN!!
yazaddaruvala 8y ago
> No, it doesn't make any sense at all. The only people that care about Carlsen during the tournament are the same people who care about Carlsen not during the tournament - chess fans. I am not a chess fan, before today I had read about and forgotten Magnus Carlsen's name. Today, I am talking to you about Magnus Carlsen. Make of this data point what you will.

No, it doesn't make any sense at all. The only people that care about Carlsen during the tournament are the same people who care about Carlsen not during the tournament - chess fans.

pbhjpbhj 8y ago

I don't agree. Having the focussed attention of those fans is different. Also there's a euphoria associated with being involved ina large event that means when it ends there's a sense of loss, normality is so humdrum it's depressing. I can see someone curtailing that return to normality by all means.

Kaveren 8y ago
Magnus Carlsen is widely considered to be one of the very best chess players of all time, and it's more than respectable to consider him the Greatest of All Time. World Chess Championships are every two years. It's almost impossibly unlikely that someone like Carlsen (who is also very competitive) would deliberately prolong an event like this.
- EGreg 8y ago
  Carlsen is also temperamental and unorthodox. I really like that about him. He is also a good looking guy who gets girls fawning over him. For him to answer the press in short Nos is funny. For him to want to do more games with Fabiano and crush him in rapid is a great and FUN decision. Obviously he could win that game but he wants to have more fun. And we all have more fun. Instead of winning and going home he wants to do something new. It’s been a long match w unprecedented draws. Why end it now? I would have done the same :) Think about this... comparing it to taking a draw to win the tournament when you could win the game but risk losing - IS SILLY. THAT is cowardly. Taking a draw when there would be nothing afterwards and you retain the title - that’s cowardly. This... IS FUN!!

yazaddaruvala 8y ago

> No, it doesn't make any sense at all. The only people that care about Carlsen during the tournament are the same people who care about Carlsen not during the tournament - chess fans. I am not a chess fan, before today I had read about and forgotten Magnus Carlsen's name. Today, I am talking to you about Magnus Carlsen. Make of this data point what you will.