The world's best chess player has used International Chess Day to announce he will not be defending his world title next year.
Magnus Carlsen says he is not retiring from the sport, which he has dominated for more than a decade. But he has lost motivation to play in the current format.

Al Jazeera’s Jillian Wolf reports.

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