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Magnus Carlsen quits chess for weiqi
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Cite your source please? Pretty sure this is bogus.
I heard that Magnus Carlsen will now start playing in Ultra Street Fighter 4 tournaments after Evolution 2014 tournament...
Woah, is there a street fighter 4? Loved the original game when I was a kid.
Nemo96 wrote:
Carlsen will be playing go (weiqi) as of 08-07-2014 and he will no longer be associated with FIDE. He also requested his ratings to be removed and to no longer be the #1 rated chess player of all time.
Anand must be ecstatic!
Pretty much the only way he can win...
Not to be rude. I love Anand, but we're all headed there, past our primes.
Well his favorite game is Monopoly so he's actually gonna play Monopoly tournaments exclusively now.
He will play Go! Wow!
Sep 7, 2014
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And Aronian is quiting as well... to Mixed Martial Arts. The first fight, contracted by Pride, is announced to be with GM Gormally.
Ugh, another necro thread, another anime-avatared troll.
Nemo96 wrote:
He also requested his ratings to be removed and to no longer be the #1 rated chess player of all time.
Apparently his request wasn't granted.
http://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=321
Perhaps he is considering taking legal action?
Jion_Wansu wrote:
I heard that Magnus Carlsen will now start playing in Ultra Street Fighter 4 tournaments after Evolution 2014 tournament...
And he also might start playing Magic The Gathering
Carlsen will be playing go (weiqi) as of 08-07-2014 and he will no longer be associated with FIDE. He also requested his ratings to be removed and to no longer be the #1 rated chess player of all time.