If the world chess champion Magnus Carlsen is not playing chess, he is probably trying to entertain his fans on Twitter. However, his Twitter posts are not always about banters and him missing FPL deadlines. Sometimes he likes to make people aware of the world’s happening. Only this time, he blows up a Russian website’s claim of changes in the world chess championships format.

As soon as Magnus Carlsen won his fifth world championship title against the Russian Grand Master Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2021, he came up with an interesting stance. The Norwegian Grand Master expressed he won’t be defending his title in the next world championship unless someone from the next generation played against him. Well, that is a distant dream now, since Ian has emerged as the challenger once again.

Magnus Carlsen blows up the fake news about the world chess championship format

As per a report, a Russian website claimed that the world champion will defend his title against Ian Nepomniachtchi. However, the condition mentioned in the report says Carlsen has agreed to a new match system comprising just six classical games. However, the world number one went on Twitter to reveal that the report is absolutely false.

He linked a chess24.com article explaining the report to his Twitter post and wrote, “Fake news” in the caption. Subsequently, the FIDE Director-General Emil Sutovsky has also admitted that the report is untrue.

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“Don’t Think Anybody’s Played…Well”- World Number One Magnus Carlsen Is Unhappy With Future of Chess World

However, as the world has got its new world chess championship challenger, everyone is awaiting Carlsen’s decision on the proceedings.

Ian Nepomniachtchi is the next challenger

At the start of the Candidates’ Tournament 2022, Nepo wasn’t the first choice of the experts. Though the Russian Grand Master once again emerged victorious. He made it a one-sided battle from the beginning, and there was no one to give him a tough challenge. Nepo once again proved that he may have lost the last world championship badly, but he is still a top-class chess player.

However, the interesting part is whether Carlsen would agree to defend his title against Nepo, given that he stated otherwise after the previous world chess championship. If not, the world will get a new chess champion after almost a decade.

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World Number One Magnus Carlsen Gets a Five-Word Warning From Newly Selected World Chess Championship Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi