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He has once again managed to get everyone to only talk about him. With his surprising withdrawal from the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York City, former world champion Magnus Carlsen, who was far away from the top in the tournament after a poor performance, delivered the news of the tournament. The fact that in the end the only 18-year-old Volodar Mursin won quite sensationally, that the Russians playing under the Fide flag even celebrated a triple victory with Mursin, Grishchuk and Nepomnyashchi – who cares now?
