Legend ary Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen found himself at the center of the limelight when he was disqualified from the World Blitz Chess Championship 2024-25 for wearing jeans and violating the FIDE Code of Conduct. Carlsen came into the tournament by wearing jeans and was fined USD 200 after which he was disqualified from the tournament. However, Carlsen has now confirmed his return to the tournament after FIDE relaxed its rules and allowed the players to wear jeans.
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Magnus Carlsen Hits Back At Viswanathan Anand
Magnus Carlsen targeted FIDE Vice President Viswanathan Anand and stated that he is not ready for his job. Carlsen stated that the situation was badly handled and he had long conversations with Anand which didn’t go anywhere. He said on the Take Take Take app, “I think the situation was badly mishandled on their side. And I was about to basically book my plane tickets and get out of here. My father said that we should maybe wait until the morning to make a decision to speak to the FIDE president, Arkady Dvorkovich, whom we have a good relationship with.”
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“We had long conversations with Anand yesterday and others, which generally didn’t lead anywhere. It was generally the same answers, that arbiters are basically robots who cannot think on their own, who have no way to even deviate slightly from… I don’t even know if I broke any rules. I still haven’t gotten a clear answer on that”, Magnus Carlsen added.
“Anand said very clearly that he didn’t know that he had any opportunity to do anything past, you know, go with the arbiters’ honestly draconian decision of not pairing me. And that means that he was, for all his good qualities, he was not ready for this job. That’s what I feel”, he added.
Magnus Carlsen’s statement has come after FIDE Vice President Viswanathan Anand had alleged him to refusing to follow the rules which alternately didn’t leave the Chess governing body with any choice.
