“I’m not motivated to play another game because I don’t feel like I have much to gain,” Carlsen said.
At the end of last year, Carlsen hinted that he might never play a World Cup match again. “For the fans who expect I’ll be there next time, there’s a good chance of disappointment,” he said in December.
The world No. 1 dethroned India’s Viswanathan Anand in 2013 and has held the title ever since.
