Magnus Carlsen once again retaliated to the International Federation of Chess (Fide) after the co-founder of the Freestyle chess, Jan Henric Beuttner, wrote an open letter to the Director of Sport Declaring that the Grand Chelem tour Freestyle failures was not a “ world championship ” in the traditional sense.
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The world chess player Magnus Carlsen has once again taken a search to the International Chess Federation (Fide) after the co-founder of the Freestyle chess Jan Henric Beuttner’s Open Letter at the CEO of Fide Emil Sutovsky. Carlsen, who is also co-founder of Freestyle Chess, was involved in a conflict with The Fide since he and Henric founded the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC) in March 2024.
The duo also announced the launch of the Grand Chelem Freestyle tour which will be underway in February. Fid and freestyle failures were in Loggerheads on the use of the term “world championship” for tournaments organized by freestyle failures.
The Fide, in fact, also asked the players to sign a contract which indicates that they would not participate in a non-non-non-world championship.
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Tour of Grand Chelem Freestyle not a world championship in “traditional sense”
Henric’s letter, however, indicates that Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is not a world championship with “traditional meaning” and that it only reflects the unique format of events. The tour will consist of five large slams on different continents and the players will obtain points on the basis of their performance in each Grand Slam.
The player with the highest points at the end will become the world champion of freestyle chess.
“Let me clarify again: our tour is not a” world championship “in the traditional sense, as I explained to Arkady and Vishs. It is entitled “Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour”. At the end of each year, we crowned a champion of freestyle chess – a format that could evolve in the future, potentially going beyond the failure 960 to other new formats, but not the classic failures “, He said, referring to the president of Fide Arkady Dvorkovich and Fide-President Viswanathan Anand.
“The title of” world champion “in this context reflects the unique format of our events, and not an attempt to challenge the cycle of the traditional world championship.
“If the Fid problem really lies in the use of the terminology of the” world championship “, similar cases should be tackled, such as the Bughouse World Championship, where even players like Ding Liren participated. However, Fide did not penalize Ding or others for participating. This inconsistency reveals the real reason behind Fide’s actions: money, “he added.
He also declared in the letter that Freestyle failures do not claim to be bigger than faith.
Reacting to Beuttner’s letter, Carlsen wrote “Effective Greatness” while marking Fide’s official account on X.
Emil Sutovsky, Fide CEO, had recently said that the sports director of sports was ready for a war against Carlsen and Freestyle chess if necessary.
“Today, Fide is probably in the best position of all time – and the chess community sees it – we deliver an unprecedented number of projects in the world, we continue to increase price funds for the best players And support for educational and social programs, and we can plan from afar thank you to our partnerships in the east and west.
“We would like to work with any private project – especially with ambitious. But if you want a war-try us, “he added.
