Magnus Carlsen, the world's top-ranked chess player, has rejoined the World Blitz Championship following a dress code controversy. He initially withdrew from a tournament in New York after being asked to change out of his jeans.
The world's top-ranked chess player has returned to the World Blitz Championship after its governing body agreed to loosen its dress code . Magnus Carlsen withdrew from a tournament in New York after being told he would have to change out of his jeans in order to play the next round.
Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has headed back to the World Blitz Championship after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament after refusing to change out of jeans. Lamenting the disagreement, International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement on Sunday that he would let World Blitz Championship tournament officials consider allowing 'appropriate jeans' with a jacket, and other 'elegant minor deviations' from the dress code.— highlighted a need for more discussion 'to ensure that our rules and their application reflect the evolving nature of chess as a global and accessible sport'.'I think the situation was badly mishandled on their side,' the 34-year-old Norwegian grandmaster said. But he added that he loves playing blitz — a fast-paced form of chess — and wanted fans to be able to watch, and that he was encouraged by his discussions with the federation after Friday's showdown. 'I think we sort of all want the same thing,' he suggested in the video on his Take Take Take chess app's YouTube channel.The events began when Carlsen wore jeans and a sport coat on Friday to the Rapid World Championship, which is separate from but held in conjunction with the blitz event.The chess federation later said longstanding rules prohibit jeans at those tournaments, and players are lodged nearby to make sartorial switch-ups easy if needed. An official fined Carlsen $US200 and asked him to change pants, but he refused and was not paired for a ninth-round game, the federation said at the tim
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