Karjakin withdraws from Norway Chess

[AdminX]

One of the strongest elite tournament for the year Norway Chess 2016 is scheduled to begin from the 18th of April. Just 12 days before the start of the event Sergey Karjakin has withdrawn his name, citing tiredness and preparation as reasons for his inavailability. Karjakin's decision has not gone well with the organizers who call it disrespectful. We have the statement by Karjakin's manager and also the press release by Norway Chess.

http://en.chessbase.com/post/karjakin-w ... rway-chess

[Dirt]

It's an understandable decision by Karjakin. I doubt there will be any repercussions.

[AdminX]

It's an understandable decision by Karjakin. I doubt there will be any repercussions.

I thought so too, don't really understand all the heat he has received.

[Guenther]

It's an understandable decision by Karjakin. I doubt there will be any repercussions.

I thought so too, don't really understand all the heat he has received. :roll:

Well first of all, a retreat only 12 days before the tournament w/o illness or similar reasons is practically forbidden by usual contracts.
[I guess it will not be that easy and he has to pay quite an amount of penalty fee for breaking his contract w/o proper reasons - may be he finds some doc,
who will attest him some burnout-syndrome though ;-)]
The given reason of preparation for something which just happens in 7 months seems quite flimsy to me.
It appears that most people(me too) just think he is chickening out from an encounter with Carlsen before the WCC.

[AdminX]

It's an understandable decision by Karjakin. I doubt there will be any repercussions.

I thought so too, don't really understand all the heat he has received.

Well first of all, a retreat only 12 days before the tournament w/o illness or similar reasons is practically forbidden by usual contracts.
[I guess it will not be that easy and he has to pay quite an amount of penalty fee for breaking his contract w/o proper reasons - may be he finds some doc,
who will attest him some burnout-syndrome though ]
The given reason of preparation for something which just happens in 7 months seems quite flimsy to me.
It appears that most people(me too) just think he is chickening out from an encounter with Carlsen before the WCC.

I don't see it that way. I did see it that way in the case of Kramnik after he won the title. In the way he avoided Kasparov like the plague. In this case I think he is taking all the time that he thinks is needed to prepare for the biggest match of his career.

[Guenther]

I don't see it that way. I did see it that way in the case of Kramnik after he won the title. In the way he avoided Kasparov like the plague. In this case I think he is taking all the time that he thinks is need to prepare for the biggest match of his career.

Do you think he will play no tournaments anymore until the match against Carlsen? I doubt this.

[AdminX]

I don't see it that way. I did see it that way in the case of Kramnik after he won the title. In the way he avoided Kasparov like the plague. In this case I think he is taking all the time that he thinks is need to prepare for the biggest match of his career.

Do you think he will play no tournaments anymore until the match against Carlsen? I doubt this.

Interesting question !? (<-- See what I did there.) I wonder how many commitments he might have that are outstanding. Having said A he should follow up with B and do the same. If not then that comment about him chickening out just might have legs.

[Dirt]

Do you think he will play no tournaments anymore until the match against Carlsen? I doubt this.

I don't expect him to play any tournaments with Carlsen in it.

There is no penalty clause in the contract. The organizers could sue for breach, but I would be very surprised if they do.

[AdminX]

I don't see it that way. I did see it that way in the case of Kramnik after he won the title. In the way he avoided Kasparov like the plague. In this case I think he is taking all the time that he thinks is need to prepare for the biggest match of his career.

Do you think he will play no tournaments anymore until the match against Carlsen? I doubt this.

Interesting question !? (<-- See what I did there.) I wonder how many commitments he might have that are outstanding. Having said A he should follow up with B and do the same. If not then that comment about him chickening out just might have legs.

"Before his match with Carlsen, Karjakin has three tournaments planned at the moment: the third Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir in May, the Russia-China match in Moscow in June and the Olympiad in Baku in September."

Source: https://www.chess.com/news/view/karjaki ... ation-2749

So there we have the answer, now we have to just wait and see what unfolds. Chances are good that you may be correct.

[AdminX]

Source: http://en.chessbase.com/post/li-chao-re ... chess-2016

Looks like a decent choice to me.