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Let's not forget that Magnus didn't lose his world champion title, he gave it up willingly after holding the title from 2013 to 2021. All those years where ever
by Etheryte 1y ago
Let's not forget that Magnus didn't lose his world champion title, he gave it up willingly after holding the title from 2013 to 2021. All those years where everyone else is focusing specifically on how to defeat him and still coming short. He's talked about this at length in interviews, mostly it just became incredibly boring.
- eterm 1y agoOnly Magnus really knows if it was "incredibly boring" or he feared losing over the board, and even he might not really know himself. I think it's a shame for the sport that he wasn't willing to risk losing his WC title over the board, but make no mistake, he has lost his WC title regardless.
- Etheryte 1y agoI'm not really sure this argument makes sense. He held the title for eight years and had numerous serious challengers over that time, so I wouldn't really say he didn't risk it over the board.
- whizzter 1y agoIirc also this new Gukesh champion was only like 15 years old back then, yes he was spotted as an upcoming contender, but at that time there wasn't really any competitor that was close enough, iirc he had soundly beat the same guy twice in a row over in title matches at that point so at that time the competitor pool wasn't really too threatening.
- davidguetta 1y agoIt's pretty obvious that he's genuine for anyone that has been at the top of something for long enough. At some point winning is normalised so you don't feel pleasure but the pain / fear of losing is still here. It's always about Pleasure / Pain
- ngc248 1y agoWow .. you know how to put a positive spin on him losing
- matsemann 1y agoHe didn't lose the title by losing. He decided not to defend it and retired from playing WC matches while still being the champion.