What happened to Morozevich?

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Did Morozevich have a series of bad events & just retire or what happened?

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I noticed that I haven’t seen him recently as well. Strange.

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I can't find any record of him playing in a FIDE tournament since 2019.

He might have just gone to ground during the pandemic.

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blueemu wrote:

I can't find any record of him playing in a FIDE tournament since 2019.

He might have just gone to ground during the pandemic.

Yeaa and also he peaked at world #2 but dropped in performance pretty significantly… i guess that happens to some players, even Jobava

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#3
He played some classical and rapid in 2020.
https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4116992/calculations 

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He has health problems since many years ago, and has effectively stopped competitive chess.

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Unfortunate.

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pfren wrote:

He has health problems since many years ago, and has effectively stopped competitive chess.

Awww unfortunate, I'm only hearing of that now sad.png Eccentric person

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I heard a story about Morozevich that one time during a tournament in Moscow about 15 years ago, he arrived late to the board because he was sleeping late with his girlfriend.

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brianchesscake wrote:

I heard a story about Morozevich that one time during a tournament in Moscow about 15 years ago, he arrived late to the board because he was sleeping late with his girlfriend.

Wow man has his priorities straight 🤣