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• Leonard Barden, Chess: Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi face off for $2m in Dubai, The Guardian, November 19, 2021

In a pre-match interview with New In Chess, Carlsen said that he regularly contemplates not defending the title, and will talk about that again after the match. Any separatist move by the Meltwater Champions Tour organised by the expanding Play Magnus Group could risk direct confrontation with FIDE. [Read more].