Magnus Carlsen says his 19-year-old rival-in-waiting is 'only going to get stronger, and I’m not going away anytime soon.”
, I spoke by video with Carlsen about the Grand Chess Tour, the differences in chess styles between generations of grandmasters, and his plans for the future. Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.Magnus Carlsen:
I’ve been in wildcard in the tour a couple times before, when I’ve not had the chance to play the whole thing. I’m very happy to play here. It’s one of the strongest classical tournaments around. I’m going to play some people that I haven’t played in classical chess in a while. I haven’t played against Wesley So—I’ve played him a bunch online in rapid games, but not in classical rounds. I haven’t played in a while with Firouzja.
I haven’t been here since 2019, but I felt like until the start of the pandemic, it was always growing in terms of the number of fans who came here surrounding the tournaments, and the conditions around have always kind of improved. Now the entire street is basically just themed around this, so it’s pretty awesome to see.I think it finished 11 days ago.
, but in general, they’re exciting to work with because they’re really focused on innovation. We’ll see in the future how time and the market will shape those companies, but so far, it’s been a positive experience working with FTX.How was your experience at that tournament? I know you ended with the top prize, but Pragg gave you a bit of a hard time.
He was proud. He’s been doing very well in a lot of these online events, and he’s also beginning to show great results in classical chess. I did lose a few games to him at the end—it was after the tournament was decided—but still he had a great performance, ending up second. He’s very strong. I was happy to take down that win. It meant a lot to me, especially since in the previous tour event I’d failed to even be top two.
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