I’d surmise this was about promoting his new freestyle chess thing. A loud silly issue where he can loudly tie back to what could be seen as “archaic” rules fo

I’d surmise this was about promoting his new freestyle chess thing. A loud silly issue where he can loudly tie back to what could be seen as “archaic” rules for the sake of rules and a federation that is not where the best players play. Seems like it might be the beginning of a few issues for a handful of visible players :)