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The detail of game 6 was just that, a detail. Most people thought Nepo would cave after a loss and that's what he did. Magnus proved with Karjack that he doesn't cave.

I thought Caruana was a much better match up, and he held serve in the classical format. But Carlsen is strong in all three, hell, in all four formats. I think Firouzja has the potential to be a great match up. But it's just really hard to beat Magnus. He has Fischer's will to win with even more accuracy.




After his most recent title defense, Carlsen has been quite vocal that he is only interested in defending his title against the “new generation” of chess players like Duda and Alireza: https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-defend-world-...




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