Lol. I am getting down voted to hell for a cheesy chess pun.
Comment on Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans
ApeNo1@lemm.ee 4 months ago
What a blunder from the champ.
ApeNo1@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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
ApeNo1@lemm.ee 4 months ago
It sure does put FIDE in a bind.
koper@feddit.nl 4 months ago
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?
Tgo_up@lemm.ee 4 months ago
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.
koper@feddit.nl 4 months ago
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”