Comment on Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans
ApeNo1@lemm.ee 1 year ago
What a blunder from the champ.
It’s a bigger blunder for FIDE…they get headlines now that they kicked possibly the current most famous player in chess over a dress code violation that was not in the least distracting to other players.
He didn’t show up in a T-shirt and jeans, he wore a blazer and a collared shirt.
They just look follish for digging their heels in
A player broke the rules, which have been consistently applied for a long time, and refused to change after his first warning. Do you expect FIDE to make an exception just because he’s the top contender?
For such a minor infraction? Absolutely. He even said he’d change for the next day.
If they hadn’t reacted like they did no one would have ever heard about this.
Magnus knows that’s not how the rules work. And they didn’t suddenly whack him with a disqualification, he withdrew himself after being told to change. In his own words “fine, then I’m out. Like, fuck you”
It sure does put FIDE in a bind.
ApeNo1@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Lol. I am getting down voted to hell for a cheesy chess pun.