World chess champion Magnus Carlsen.
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the World Rapid and Blitz Competition after being forced to pay almost 200 euros for failing to comply with formal dress rules.
There are few chess players in the history of chess as popular and talented as Magnus Carlsen.
And when, on Friday, the current number 1 World Cup was prevented from playing a round in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship due to a dress code violationthe chess community was in shock.
Carlsen, a five-time world chess champion, left the tournament, which was being held in New York, when he was told he could not keep playing with jeans.
It was still fined 200 dollarsaround 192 euros, for violating the tournament’s dress code, says . Carlsen had already played a few rounds that day, and I even wore a blazer and shirt, but that wasn’t enough.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) for championships stipulates that men must wear “dark colored pants”and jeans are not permitted if the clothing is “business casual“, that is, “business casual”: formal clothing, but not too formal.
The player would have been ready to change his pants the next day — the tournament would continue on Saturday — but would have been warned to change his attire immediately. Carlsen then withdrew from the competition and said that would leave the city.
On X, posting a photo of him wearing jeans, with the title “OOTD” — that is, Outfit Of The Daythe fact of the day.
“My patience with them was not very great to start. And that’s fine, like they can enforce their rules, that’s fine with me, and my answer is that that’s fine, then I’m out, so f*** you“, commented Carlsen, according to .
After the incident, FIDE said it would relax your dress code to allow for “small graceful deviations” from its official list of acceptable attire.
The president of the organization, Arkady Dvorkovitchexplained that “the principle is simple: it is still necessary to follow the code in official clothing, but they are permitted small elegant deviations — which can include jeans appropriate, matching the coat.”
The 34-year-old player, who returned to the tournament this Monday, however stated that will continue to wear jeans when to play.
Magnus Carlsen, who became grand master at age 13the “maximum” title in chess, has generated controversy in the field, and in 2019 it had turned the world of chess inside out.
Carlsen, who had not lost in 53 duels, Hans Niemannan almost unknown 19-year-old, who won him a match in the Julius Baer Generation Cup. In the match, which took place online, the world champion made a move… and gave up: he turned off the video camera and, that time, he didn’t come back.
