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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who held the title from 1985 to 2000, said the upcoming World Championship match between Ian Neopmniachtchi and Ding Liren \u201cis kind of an amputate event\u201d as it doesn\u2019t include the \u201cstrongest player on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kasparov was referring to the Norwegian five-time World Champions Magnus Carlsen\u2019s withdrawal from the match.<\/p>\n

Kasparov said it\u2019s a pity that Carlsen will not be playing the match since he is the best player on the planet.<\/p>\n

The championship matches are held every two years and the next is scheduled for April 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great show but not a World Championship match,\u201d Kasparov said while talking on the Saint Louis Chess Club broadcast during the first games of the American Cup.<\/p>\n

World no. 2, Nepomniachtchi, is set to play the first of the 14-game World Championship match against World No. 3, Liren, in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, on April 9. The winner of the match will become the 17th undisputed World Champion in chess history.<\/p>\n

Nepomniachtchi won the Candidates Tournament \u2013 an event held every two years to see who will play against the defending champion for the world title \u2013 which concluded July 5, 2022, in Madrid, Spain.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can hardly call it a World Championship match. For me, the World Championship match should include the strongest player on the planet, and this match doesn\u2019t. I\u2019m not here to comment on Magnus\u2019 decision, but it\u2019s kind of an amputated event,\u201d Kasparov said.<\/p>\n

Garry Kasparov:”I think this year’s #GrandChessTour is maybe the strongest ever because we will have all the top players, competing in different tournaments. Magnus is not part of the whole cycle but he will be featured into events and I think there will be a lot of excitement.” pic.twitter.com\/23uQG4ODXR<\/p>\n

\u2014 Grand Chess Tour (@GrandChessTour) March 20, 2023<\/p>\n

\u201cI have my own history with FIDE, so that\u2019s why I\u2019m not going to change my view about the FIDE Championships. It\u2019s a pity Magnus is not there and naturally, the match between Nepo and Ding is a great show anyway, but it\u2019s not a World Championship match.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kasparov also compared it to the 1975 World Championship match when Anatoly Karpov became world champion after Bobby Fischer refused to play.<\/p>\n

In 1975, Fischer refused to play the then-standard best of 24 games match and, after FIDE was unable to work out a compromise, forfeited his title instead and Karpov was named World Champion by default.<\/p>\n

Carlsen not motivated to play<\/p>\n

In July 2022, five-time world chess champion Carlsen, ranked the No. 1 chess player in the world since 2011, announced he will not defend his world championship title.<\/p>\n

“The conclusion is very simple that I am not motivated to play another match,” the five-time world champion said on his podcast, The Magnus Effect.<\/p>\n

“I simply feel that I don’t have a lot to gain,” Carlsen added.<\/p>\n

“I don’t particularly like it, and although I’m sure a match would be interesting for historical reasons and all of that, I don’t have any inclinations to play and I will simply not play the match.”<\/p>\n

He was expected to have a 2023 rematch with Nepomniachtchi, who he defeated in the 2021 world championship.<\/p>\n

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