Magnus Carlsen Claims He Will ‘Not Lose Sleep’ Over Gary Kasparov GOAT Debate

Current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen is one of the most experienced players in the world. Carlsen has the highest peak classical rating, which is 2882.

Carlsen is known to be a chess prodigy and has the longest unbeaten streak at the topmost level in classical chess. He is second only to Garry Kasparov when it comes to the highest-rated chess player in the world. 

Carlsen considers the game of chess business and takes it very seriously. Recently, Carlsen talked about how he was looking forward to beating Gary Kasparov.

Will not lose me any sleep: Carlsen

Gary Kasparov is considered the greatest chess player ever. Right behind him is Magnus Carlsen, who is only behind in the number of weeks spent as the highest-rated player.

Even though Carlsen has dominated the games of chess for 8 years, he is still not the highest-rated player. Meanwhile, Kasparov has dominated the game for 20 years.

Recently, Carlsen talked about beating Grandmaster Kasparov.

“I would say that Garry dominated for 20 years. And even if I were to win this championship, I would still have a way to go to reach his heights,” said Carlsen.

However, he also added that even if he doesn’t achieve that, he won’t be losing any sleep over it.

“And if I don’t, that will not lose me any sleep,” added Carlsen.

Magnus Carlsen is currently facing Russian player Ian Nepomniachtchi across 14 games in the World Chess Championships in Dubai.

Alireza Firouzja – A new challenge for Magnus Carlsen

The Iranian-born French player Alireza Firouja is the new sensation in the world of chess. Firouzja won the Grandmaster title at the young age of 14.

Currently, he is World No. 2 and has a future as bright as the sun. Magnus Carlsen looks forward to playing with Firouzja and believes he will turn out to be a motivating factor for all the players.

“His achievements are simply extraordinary, and it’s clear that he’s been all already dubbed the crown prince for a long time,” said Carlsen.

Carlsen added that Alireza Firouzja will be the one to offer a tough challenge to him as well as the others.

“He’s the one to watch both for me and for others. And hopefully, that will motivate all of us,” he said.

As the championship progresses, it will be interesting to see whether the champion Carlsen will be able to defeat all his challengers and come out victorious.

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