Answering my own question (just for the record): I'm pretty sure now that I've looked into this some more that Magnus was contractually obligated to play this g

Answering my own question (just for the record): I'm pretty sure now that I've looked into this some more that Magnus was contractually obligated to play this game, and so this is hist way of refusing to play without technically breaching the contract. This conclusion was informed by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cSP9hMpbPo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cSP9hMpbPo