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TEF's avatar

Carlsen may have the right not to defend his title (certainly he is not legally or contractually obliged to do so), but I do think that he, in his role as world chess champion, has an obligation to the chess world nonetheless. It is a real shame that he is unwilling to defend his title, tiring and taxing though it may be for him. It diminishes the title, I think, when, first, the reigning champion doesn't value it enough to defend it and when, second, the undisputed champion and number one player is not part of it.

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Uriel's avatar

I think Carlsen has no obligation at all to the chess world, and I think he has the full right to not defend his title.

If, but just as an exercise, I had to imagine some kind of (maybe, moral) obligation, I would say to Nepo.

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