Bad boy ! :)
#jeanForMagnus
it is not chess that has a dress code, it is FIDE
@plutonia said in #12:
> Chess is meant to be a serious and respectable game, especially when played in formal occasions. Therefore requiring a dress code of "business casual" is perfectly understandable.
If FIDE wants people to believe that chess is not just a game but a sport then they should relax their dresscode. In any real sport I know sportspeople wear exactly the kind of clothing that is most conducive to excellence. So if I can think best in jeans and a sweater then that is the clothing of choice, if chess is a sport. If chess is something of a pastime like - say - square dancing then bring on the dress code.
@plutonia said in #12:
> In general, man in his 30s wearing jeans is childish and immature.
Unless you're in Norway - just google "dress code Norway jeans normal"
@plutonia said in #12:
> He also had a shirt that was too short and his butt crack was showing while he was playing.
If true - that would not be enforcing a dress code but normal decency rules and I'm with you there.
@arvindarvind is right
Jeans? Really?
What's so unprofessional about jeans?
I thought FIDE wanted to make chess more popular. $200 for a dress code violation is ridiculous.
Of course, I respect their decision. They can do whatever they want.
Just don't expect it to go down well with everyone else. I mean, it's not some business meeting - do we really have to go ultra formal?
fide is still living in XX century.
Hikaru Nakamura
@GMHikaru
In light of today's events, should every chess player at the World Rapid tournament in New York City wear jeans tomorrow??
Yes!! #teammagnus 85.7%
No! #teamfide 14.3%
200 bucks? Magnus spends that on lunch....
Business suit does not make one "professional" anything. The desss code rules should be relaxed; it's long overdue. FIDE is acting like a bunch of bureacrats insisting on useless rules. In 2024, they can do better than harassing a top player. This kind of rule does nothing to further chess. It's true that Magnus could have just complied. But somebody has to make a stand against absurdity. Magnus has contributed to the popularity of chess more than anybody else in history along with Hikaru and a few others. Now he's challenging bogus rules.
There is always a need for rules. For example, you cannot start singing out loud in the middle of the game or do other distracting things to annoy your opponent. But anybody can understand why such a rule exists. Nobody can justify a business suit only rule. It simply does not matter what kind of material the player's pants are made out of. It's not like the man showed up wearing swim trunks :-) Jeans are pants, and they are common attire for both men and women in this day and age.
I guess fide is creating it's own rules.