He already talked about that 5 years ago https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-proposes-different-world-championship-format-2693 https://www.chess.com/

He already talked about that 5 years ago https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-proposes-different-world-championship-format-2693 https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-proposes-diff... Single elimination knock out format like some big sport events (football/soccer World Cup, major league sport playoffs etc.) It can still be BO7/BO9 etc for example but it comes with more randomness (initial matchups) He just hates the current everyone plays everyone league format then the best score takes on the reigning champion (who didn’t even take part in the first round aka the Candidate’s)