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Magnus Carlsen believes Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura are the strongest contenders to win the Candidates tournament, which starts in Toronto on April 4..
The five-time world champion appeared on the Sjakksnakk podcast hosted by his Norwegian friends Odin Blinkra Vea and Askild Bryn...
On his Candidates picks: I do think the old guys are favourites this time, specifically (Hikaru) Nakamura, (Fabiano) Caruana and (Ian) Nepomniachtchi..
This will be the first time Im playing a classical tournament (Norway Chess in May) since November I think, so quite a big break there..
Im not sure Im ever going to play just a normal round-robin classical chess tournament (like the types they have in St Louis and the Bucharest Grand Chess Tour) again..
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