Comment on Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans

ApeNo1@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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

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  • ApeNo1@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It sure does put FIDE in a bind.

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  • koper@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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?

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    • Tgo_up@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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      • koper@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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”

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• ApeNo1@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Lol. I am getting down voted to hell for a cheesy chess pun.

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