Magnus Carlsen gives away the title, what does this all mean?

i think people rather prefer carlsen over karjakin honestly cause well then this would be darker

People who know little, and most of that wrong, cannot say things that are not dumb.

In recent interviews, Carlsen just sounds tired of the whole World Championship. Even the mention of it makes him look away with disinterest.

He's been doing it for nearly 10 years now. At this point, he apparently just wants to be done with it, once and for all.

When asked if him stepping away devalued the next World Championship match, he casually responded, "That's not really my problem."

Which further clarifies his mindset: he views the World Championship as a "problem" ... a burden ... something he just wants to be freed from.

Probably means he had a garage sale!

He mentioned many reasons to withdraw from the Candidates back in 2010, none of them related to money. Maybe he just gave his actual reasons both then and now. In 2010 he said that he didn’t feel motivated to go through a lengthy preparation process after changes made during the ongoing cycle, he meant the five year cycle was too long, disliked the sequential minimatches with eight participants picked through puzzling criteria. Also then he said approximately the same thing as now, a dozen years later:

“Rest assured that I am still motivated to play competitive chess. My current plan is to continue to participate in well-organised top-level tournaments and to try to maintain the no 1 spot on the rating list”

It means that DING finally got a chance to top everyone else!! LET'S GOOOO

It means we will see Magnus roasting Ding and Nepo as a commentator during the match.

Exactly my point.

I was mocking @dreamscapehorizons

the last time somebody had to explain a joke, a frog died.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/raising-chess-com-kids#comment-42419962

Oh :-) But it is surprising how few actually believe what Carlsen is saying. He has been talking for many years about not being particularly excited about playing title matches. This would have been his sixth since 2013. He doesn’t feel like he has some sort of obligation to keep doing something he doesn’t enjoy. At the same time it probably took a while to take the decision, the title is after all worth something.

Return to the 3 year cycle. Increase number of games to at least 16. Shorten the time control a bit so it still maintains the classical feel but it's more exciting to watch (and play?). 

60 mins for the whole game, no increment. 120 sec byo-yomi period for every move, renewed after every move after the initial 60 minutes passes. Makes for 2-3+ hours games.

Just an example.

This whole WCC mess has to be properly addressed and dealt it as fast as possible.

Won from the former champion at first. Then he defended it 4 times. 

Other World Champions have felt that responsibility came with the title. I’ve struggled to like Magnus as long as I’ve known of him (when he was and IM playing in the B Group at Wijk aan Zee). Sometimes I do. I’ve warmed up to him quite a bit in the past couple of years, but all this talk about what he thinks of the WCC has always rubbed me the wrong way. 

Nepo and Ding will be a great match! Both play exciting chess. My hope is that one or both of them also start getting a string of tournament victories against Magnus. Make no mistake, Magnus has brought a style of play to chess that is inspiring, but he still comes across as a boy who cares mostly about himself.

Well said. However, to play the Magnus’s Advocate for a moment…

When one has known nothing other than being the wonder child from his young single digit years and being given the red carpet-VIP treatment ever since, why would be expect a different behavior? Of course, it isn’t a mandatory cause and effect exercise, but it does provide a type of backdrop. Not to say he hasn’t earned his title and he has been (and remains) one of the best. We see it in other venues as well, the music and acting world specifically. Youngsters are thrust into an adult world by managers, producers, and parents who would do well to be more guardians than money grubbers. Most often i think it delays, if not prohibits, emotional development. Just another viewpoint. 

@nMsALpg, it's always easy to tell who the spoiled mommas boys like u are. U just start being rude and disrespectful for no reason at all as if only u get to decide what opinions are acceptable. Typical slave master mentality. I'd love to see u in person. U like being a rude troublemaker? I can teach spoiled troublmaking mommas boys like u some manners since ur idiot mother didnt.

I call you dumb because the facts are against you.

You call my mother dumb because... well... enough said, lol.

And for good reason. You have approximately 0% chance of impressing me with your writing or ideas. So you call my mother stupid and imply you'd physically assault me. The only question is how a Cro-Magnon brain like yours ended up on a chess site.

If I'm dumb then blame the government indoctrination centers because they allowed me to start college 3 years early.  Actually,  I was getting back on here to delete the word idiot because I was thinking it wasn't appropriate but too late. 

Ur the one who started this sht, can't take ur own medicine? 

Agreed (to both @Ziryab and @Wits-end).

The situation is what it is. I also understand those who have complained about the timing - how Carlsen dropped this bombshell announcement after the Candidates had finished.

As Nakamura said on his stream, he felt that the timing hurt Caruana the most. Had Caruana known that second place would've gotten him to another World Championship match, then Caruana would've absolutely gotten second place. But because he assumed first place was the only option, he played risky instead of his usual solid approach, which led to his several losses.

Though, apparently Magnus was waiting to see how the Candidates would go. He was, apparently, willing to play Firouzja, Ding, or Caruana, had any of them won.

But seeing Nepo win again was the final nail in the coffin.