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Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing to change out of jeans
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2024
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Even though "everyone knows he could easily win?"
Sounds like he was losing this event?
I'm way outside of my element here and happy to hear the counter opinions, but that sounds really... Is Stany the right word here?
They didn't disqualify him... He quit because he wasn't planning on following the rules? While he was losing....
Just to say again: I think dress codes and the like can be reserved for all those cool kid clubs where everyone wants to maintain whatever vision they are trying to achieve, and not for basically anywhere else. But even if you are right about something you can still show it by acting like a petulant child.
He could have just said off the hop "sorry I'm not competing because wtf do jeans have to do with it?"
I was referring to the World Chess Championship, a title Magnus held until he declined to defend his title last year. This event is for the World Rapid Championship (and Blitz, which he also withdrew from), which is completely different. It's practically an entirely different game. Nevertheless, he currently holds the title for both of those as well (and has for years). He's also the highest rated player in the history of chess.
At any rate, FIDE has a history of this shit, it's not limited to Magnus. There's literally dress code drama every year. This is just the highest profile case. Most people cave. Magnus didn't, because he can (there are other reasons too, as there's a pretty significant rift between him and FIDE). He (and many other grandmasters) are getting really fed up with FIDE (for a lot of reasons more serious than this), and the dress code issue was the final straw where he decided to tell them to fuck off.
I'm far from a Magnus stan. I think he's an incredible talent but also is very lacking in many ways and I wish he wasn't so in bed with corporate chess interests. But FIDE is also a pretty corrupt organization with a ton of problems.
Thanks for taking the time to share that info.