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fromKotaku
6 months ago

Champion Magnus Carlsen Rocked The Chess World By Refusing To Take Off His Jeans

Magnus Carlsen challenged FIDE's strict dress code, leading to a controversial fine and eventual softening of the rules.
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fromKotaku
6 months ago

Champion Magnus Carlsen Rocked The Chess World By Refusing To Take Off His Jeans

Magnus Carlsen challenged FIDE's strict dress code, leading to a controversial fine and eventual softening of the rules.
fromThe New Yorker
6 months ago

What Magnus Carlsen's Jeans Have to Do with Chess

Carlsen emphasized that he was too old to care about FIDE's dress code enforcement, stating, "I'm too old at this point to care too much. My patience with [FIDE] was not very big to begin with." His decision to accept the fine underscored a principle he held about personal expression versus institutional rules, demonstrating a growing discomfort with traditional standards imposed by governing bodies.
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