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This is what @MagnusCarlsen had to say about @GMHikaru and his race towards qualifying for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in the press conference for the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Finals at Capetown, South Africa. Here's the full quote: "The fact that Nakamura is going around playing these, as he calls it himself, referring to something I said many years ago, Mickey Mouse tournaments in order to qualify for the candidates, in order to play the 40 games that are required by FIDE. I think that's absolutely- it's wild. It's insane, why would you require somebody who's very clearly good enough to play in the candidates, why would you require him to play these tournaments which he doesn't really have time for? Well, you want to have the best players in the candidates and he's clearly one of them." #chess #chessbaseindia #magnuscarlsen #hikarunakamura #freestylechess #candidates