Chess nice Magnus Carlsen stop the World Speedy and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday after governing physique FIDE barred the Norwegian from collaborating in a spherical on the event for carrying denims.
In a press release, the Worldwide Chess Federation (or Fédération Internationale des Échecs) stated its gown code rules had been designed to “ensure professionalism and fairness for all participants.”
FIDE added that it had issued Carlsen a $200 nice and given him a possibility to alter into the proper apparel, which the world No. 1 rejected.
Carlsen, world champion between 2013 and 2023, stated he had a lunch assembly earlier than the spherical and had needed to change shortly.
“I put on a shirt, jacket and honestly, like, I didn’t even think about jeans, even changed my shoes,” Carlsen instructed Take Take Take.
“I didn’t even give it some thought. … To start with, I acquired a nice, which is okay, after which I acquired a warning that I might not be paired if I didn’t go change my garments. They stated that I might do it after the third spherical immediately.
“I said, ‘I’ll change tomorrow if that’s OK; I didn’t even realise it today,’ but they said, ‘Well, you have to change now.’ At that point it became a bit of a matter of principle for me.”
The 34-year-old added that he wouldn’t enchantment the choice, saying: “Actually, I’m too previous at this level to care an excessive amount of.
“If this is what they want to do … I guess it goes both ways, right — nobody wants to back down — and this is where we are. It’s fine by me. I’ll probably head off to somewhere where the weather is a bit nicer than here.”
