In a statement, FIDE said that its regulations, including its dress code, are "designed to ensure professionalism and fairness for all participants."
Fairness? Nah, that's to gatekeep who gets in. We all know that.
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I'd argue that it's not gate keeping. Anyone can get a very cheap pair of smart trousers at a charity shop. I bought a blazer worth £200 in perfect condition for £7 the other day.
I'd argue it's more of an image issue. They want the tournament to look smart and professional, and whilst I get that, there's a big movement within the chess community to make the game more attractive to new players, and part of that is to make look less like a "stiff old man's game".
That's true today, but it is a rule that was created with the intention to gatekeep. The image of chess as an elitist sport is not spontaneous, it was manufactured to exclude and marginalize people away from their perfect sport. Then they wonder why chess popularity is in decline and tournaments see reduced number of participants year after year. Until the advent of internet streaming and online gaming, chess was in a death march. These ancient institutions don't understand the world anymore and blindly reproduce traditions from a discriminatory, classist, sexist and racist past uncritically.
Maybe, but a dress code has a long history of being used to discriminate.
Carlsen told Take Take Take that he doesn't plan to appeal the decision. "Honestly I'm too old at this point to care too much. If this is what they want to do I'll probably set off to somewhere where the weather is a bit nicer," he said.
Good take. Didn’t cause a huge fuss, just said “No I don’t think I will.” Considering the weight of his name it’s really their loss on what seems like an aging dress code. Honestly I feel like much of the popularity of chess today comes from completely “unprofessional” sources like twitch streamers and social communities where historically it was only championships and local clubs. As with anything, it’s adapt or die.
Where are the jeans memes round 2?
Round 2? I swear I've seen more round than that.
