Magnus Carlsen just randomly breaching the dress code at the speed chess world championship and refusing to get changed... Sure is a thing that's happening
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He said that he was rushing around and forgot, though he put on a nicer shirt and shoes. He also agreed to pay the fine and wear non-jeans the next day but refused to go back to his room and change between matches so they DQ’ed him
I wondered if it was secret code for "We think you have a secret cheating device in your pants, so change your pants." Reply: "I will pretend this is about stupid etiquette and not change my pants! Also so you can't prove I cheat."
It's not a dress code at the speed chess world championship. It's a wall street code. On top of choosing that location for chess world championship - more expensive than ever and basically banning many players from attendance. They should all tell them to f*** off.
Sort of. He knows the dress code. Carlsen enjoys a show and press for himself. He shows up late to matches and plays anyway with like 0:30 left just to showboat. This fits exactly the image of a bored, rule-bending chess messiah that he loves to paint himself as.
He is an attention grabbing brat, and I don't even follow chess but I know this from seeing like three videos where he does something dumb to grab attention at a tournament
But sometimes I like skeets about someone else's niche interest drama! It's almost like hearing a friend yap about a hobby you aren't personally invested in. You can tell the other person needs to air some dirty laundry to someone outside that circle.
Double down and create "Pills That Make You Queen", the chess-themed spinoff that isn't even remotely subtle about the transgender metaphors, yet still gets completely misinterpreted in that regard, somehow
I am of the opinion that this is all a stunt to bring attention to chess and make it relevant. He has now been behind 2 cheating scandals has a defamation lawsuit and now this.
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I didn't think that anyone wore blue jeans anymore.
I have some ridiculously comfy trousers, I bet it's money
It's easy to forget with sports people, they don't really have holidays
No? It's really about the pants?
A sad but true view on an everlasting immature patriarchy.
Since you felt you had to voice yours I thought my opinion should be just as valid..
Slight difference between the two of us...One of us is not mentally afflicted
- Some Nerd
Damn.