A 40-minute meeting in Madrid on 3 July between Carlsen and Fide’s two top officials seems to have triggered the final decision. Carlsen wanted the world title match to be drastically revamped There's no point in looking at years when talking about longevity in chess anymore. Carlsen has now already won 4 WCC, Kasparov "won" 5 throughout his tenure. One of which, Kasparov won 12-12 because of the rules favoured the current sitting Champion. Carlsen is better than Kasparov ever was, hands down. Hm70l.

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