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Given that he removed himself from the World Chess Championship, the thought that he needs a pretext to pull out of lesser competitions is ludicrous.

cjbprime 2y ago
Given the other ways he's currently in conflict in FIDE, the idea is that he finds being disqualified in this way strategically useful, and a way to garner public sentiment that delegitimizes them.
- david-gpu 2y ago
  Magnus didn't make FIDE enforce a particularly asinine interpretation of their own rules. If they wanted to, they could have issued a clarification or rectification in the 24 hours after the event, but they haven't. Both parties could have handled this much better.
  - epgui 2y ago
    > "a particularly asinine interpretation of their own rules" It's pretty black and white. 4.10.1.3. No players with t-shirts, jeans, shorts, sneakers, baseball caps or inappropriate dress are allowed in the playing area. Any requests to wear national or traditional dress shall be approved by FIDE Supervisor. Reference: https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/wrbc_regulations_2024_open.pdf https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/wrbc_regulations_2024_...
    - david-gpu 2y ago
      Thank you! I stand corrected. I had missed that portion of your quote.
      - epgui 2y ago
        I apologize for twisting the knife but-- the proper thing to do would have been to research the rules at the source, not to make up stuff or repeat things from third parties. Wish I had found that section earlier, but I'm less familiar with the chess regulations so it took me a bit to assemble all of the essential parts.
        david-gpu 2y ago
        > I apologize for twisting the knife but-- the proper thing to do would have been to research the rules at the source, not to make up stuff or repeat things from third parties. Well, you are the one who posted the quote, which I used as the basis for my comment. I thought I had read it twice over, and saw no reference to jeans, hence my question. Not statement, question. I did not make anything up. Did you by any chance add the relevant section of the rules to your comment after I asked a question? The proper thing to do would have been to quote the relevant portion of the rules, instead of adding that later. So, no. Apologies not accepted. Sorry.
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        Dylan16807 2y ago
        > the proper thing to do would have been to research the rules at the source, not to make up stuff or repeat things from third parties. When you're the third party and they trusted your quoting skills, that criticism is pretty weak.

cjbprime 2y ago

Given the other ways he's currently in conflict in FIDE, the idea is that he finds being disqualified in this way strategically useful, and a way to garner public sentiment that delegitimizes them.

david-gpu 2y ago
Magnus didn't make FIDE enforce a particularly asinine interpretation of their own rules. If they wanted to, they could have issued a clarification or rectification in the 24 hours after the event, but they haven't. Both parties could have handled this much better.
- epgui 2y ago
  > "a particularly asinine interpretation of their own rules" It's pretty black and white. 4.10.1.3. No players with t-shirts, jeans, shorts, sneakers, baseball caps or inappropriate dress are allowed in the playing area. Any requests to wear national or traditional dress shall be approved by FIDE Supervisor. Reference: https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/wrbc_regulations_2024_open.pdf https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/wrbc_regulations_2024_...
  - david-gpu 2y ago
    Thank you! I stand corrected. I had missed that portion of your quote.
    - epgui 2y ago
      I apologize for twisting the knife but-- the proper thing to do would have been to research the rules at the source, not to make up stuff or repeat things from third parties. Wish I had found that section earlier, but I'm less familiar with the chess regulations so it took me a bit to assemble all of the essential parts.
      - david-gpu 2y ago
        > I apologize for twisting the knife but-- the proper thing to do would have been to research the rules at the source, not to make up stuff or repeat things from third parties. Well, you are the one who posted the quote, which I used as the basis for my comment. I thought I had read it twice over, and saw no reference to jeans, hence my question. Not statement, question. I did not make anything up. Did you by any chance add the relevant section of the rules to your comment after I asked a question? The proper thing to do would have been to quote the relevant portion of the rules, instead of adding that later. So, no. Apologies not accepted. Sorry.
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      - Dylan16807 2y ago
        > the proper thing to do would have been to research the rules at the source, not to make up stuff or repeat things from third parties. When you're the third party and they trusted your quoting skills, that criticism is pretty weak.