"I don’t make sporting decisions based on whether people will like me or not, but I think in this particular case I very much felt it was the right thing to do.” - Magnus Carlsen

“I have immense respect for Ding as a chess player and as a human being, and I thought against him this was the only correct way. And clearly I wanted to win on the board…People probably know me well enough to know that I don’t make sporting decisions based on whether people will like me or not, but I think in this particular case I very much felt it was the right thing to do.”


Magnus Carlsen

Current Chess World Champion For Chessbase.com